Artist: Lars Vogt
Album: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Handel Variations
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2020
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 48 kHz
Duration: 01:14:53
Total Tracks: 6
Total Size: 670 MB

Tracklist:

1. Lars Vogt – I. Allegro non troppo (17:43)
2. Lars Vogt – II. Allegro appassionato (09:05)
3. Lars Vogt – III. Andante (10:31)
4. Lars Vogt – IV. Allegretto grazioso (09:33)
5. Lars Vogt – Aria – Variations (22:30)
6. Lars Vogt – Fugue (05:27)

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The second album in Lars Vogt’s Johannes Brahms concerto series with the Royal Northern Sinfonia includes Brahms’ 2nd Piano Concerto combined with a solo piano work, Handel Variations Op. 24, which was dedicated to Clara Schumann by the composer. Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 is a romantic 4-movement concerto written two decades after its predecessor and one of the cornerstones in the concerto repertoire. This remarkable opus with a great number of beautiful solo passages and with a duration of over 45 minutes has been intrepreted by numerous pianists since its premiere in 1881. In this album, Vogt performs the concerto conducting from the keyboard. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op. 24 for solo piano were written by the young composer in his late 20s. This work, which includes some technically demanding passages for the pianists, reveals Brahms’ profound interest in the work of the great masters of the Baroque era which served as a source of inspiration in the composer’s creative work. This set of 25 variations and a fugue shows Brahms as a great successor to the tradition of piano variations exemplified by Mozart and Beethoven.