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Buy this one and Gilels' too

Paul Sluis | Oakland, CA USA | 07/18/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This concerto is simply the greatest work of its genre, so there is room for more than one way to interpret it. Serkin and Szell serve this Brahms flambé, with a pedal-to-the-metal reading that maximizes the impact and power of the work as no other performance does. No, they don't match the Gilels/Jochum CD's nuance and poetry. Nobody does. But in the second movement, even Gilels--in fact, even the more sprightly Gilels/Reiner performance--sounds like "allegro milktoast" compared to this one.



For almost everyone interested in Brahms, this recording is a "must." Serious collectors will prize its distinctiveness and vitality; newcomers will find no better introduction to Brahms than a performance that is as far from boring as great playing gets. Audiophiles, however, will disdain the Columbia sound, which even in the 1960s might have been clearer and cleaner."

Excelente

felipe | Chile | 11/09/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Desde un comienzo y hasta el último acorde esta es una version inigualable de este Concierto, lo mejor de Brahms en una interpretación soberbia.

Rudolf Serkin es un solista de excepcion verdaderamente pulcro y con una fuerza interpretativa sobresaliente. George Szell hace que la Orquesta de Cleveland llegue a un sonido increible.

La introducción en el primer movimiento es generosa, envolvente sentiras su fuerza y algo de solemnidad, el piano aparece y todo es grandioso. El concierto en si es una obra magnificente, esplendida, extensa tambien. El segundo movimiento suena genial, las cuerdas son esplendidas el solista sublime.

Finalizamos como es debido con todo, la orquesta a plenitud el solista mostrando todas sus virtudes, sencillamente genial.

Una grabación incomparable"