Olivier Vernet, Cédric Meckler, Florence Lafitte, Isabelle Lafitte
- Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
- Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
Isabelle & Florence Lafitte (piano), Olivier Vernet & Cedric Meckler (organ)
Brahms was only 20 years old when his piano music made such an impression on Robert Schumann that he advised him to compose works for symphonic orchestra. Thus, as a sketch for a first symphony, the Sonata for Two Pianos was written, which in turn later gave rise to the first piano concerto. Brahms' publisher demanded a version for piano four hands. A friend of the composer, Theodor Kirchner, used this as a model for a version for eight hands on two pianos. The development of a corresponding version of the 2nd Piano Concerto, which Paul Juon prepared, was similar. Analogous to their award-winning recording of Franz Liszt's symphonic poems, Vernet and Meckler decided to replace the second piano for this recording with the Cavaillé-Coll organ of Angers Cathedral - with a sonically fascinating result.
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