[Vogt] may well have conducted the orchestral tuttis, but everything sounds like large-scale chamber music…The pianist’s thinking behind this programme is evidently the way in which this music emerges from out of Beethoven’s shadow, and his superb traversal of the Ballades supports such a view.
The music-making is nothing short of sensational. This is a bold Brahms D minor with immense character, audacious and courageous. It is also perhaps the most sensitive and subtle reading of the score in recent memory...A wealth of seldom-heard orchestral detail emerges, with exquisite wind-playing especially prominent. Nothing is extraneous; every gesture seems bent towards maximum expressivity.
A triumphant vindication of Vogt’s courage in taking on the role of piano-conductor.
Vogt digs deep in the dark Four Ballades, and in the composer’s First Piano Concerto, in D minor, achieves a close rapport with his players.
The entire performance is remarkable
Brahms, Johannes (1833-97) Works Brahms: Ballades (4), Op. 10th Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
57 Akadimias Street, Athens
Zip. 106 79
T. +30 210 3626137 - int.1
E. [email protected]
Login
Ελληνικά
English