Brahms / Backhaus / Böhm, 1953: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 - Complete, Vinyl LP

Sixty-nine year old Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969) is soloist in this performance, recorded in June, 1953 at the Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, of the Brahms Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 15. Karl Böhm conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. I created this video from the LP depicted in the video above, issued on the London label, serial number LL 911. All images in this video were taken from the LP label (4:44, 31:50) and the LP jacket (19:13), with the exception of those of Brahms and the May, 1954, Billboard magazine advertisement for the LP (33:37). Piano score fragments (3:31, 18:40, 31:37, 41:11) are from the public domain. This video concludes with an image of Brahms grave at Zentralfriedhof in Vienna; he is laid to rest next to Johan Strauss, Jr., a composer of whom Brahms was a great admirer.

1. Maestoso
2. Adagio (19:10)
3. Rondo (Allegro non troppo) (31:36)

(Note: I had uploaded the third movement of this work last year, but am now able to share the complete recording thanks to YouTube's extension of timie limitations on uploads.)
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More from Brahms:

Brahms / Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, 1966: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 - Complete - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-v8nO-OAZQ

Brahms / Herbert von Karajan, 1957: Variations On A Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a - Complete - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2VeNiKpY0s

Brahms / Leonard Bernstein, 1957: An Analysis of Brahms' Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9TinRdrwOU

Brahms / Nathan Milstein, 1974: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 - Complete - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzP9FSrW8zY

Janos Starker, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, and Ferenc Fricsay (conductor) - Brahms Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102, 1962 recording - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaoKHG1sX8Y

Brahms / Isaac Stern / Leonard Rose, 1956: Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 (Allegro) - Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vREWf7nxSM

David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, D minor Violin Sonata, Op. 108 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge_nUBmPnGk

Tatiana Grindenko: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sNvF_fSJS8

Alfons und Aloys Kontarsky: Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D flat major - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N16nQCpu3o


More Backhaus:

Beethoven / W. Backhaus, 1956: Sonata No 16 in G major, Op. 31, No. 1 - Rare Japanese Pressing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlI_mlGM9S0

Bach / Wilhelm Backhaus, 1958: French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 - Complete - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y93IDPQqwPM

Bach / Wilhelm Backhaus, 1958: English Suite in D minor, BWV 811 - Prelude, Allemande, Courante - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYjfJHu6I1E

Beethoven / Wilhelm Backhaus: Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 - Moonlight (Complete) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGYUJDFSvfo

Bach / Wilhelm Backhaus, 1958: Prelude and Fugue No. 39 in G major, BWV 884 (Book 2, WTC) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN52LYFRAkc

Bach / Wilhelm Backhaus, 1958: Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 860 (Book I, WTC) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhrEvDv8jhI

Brahms - Wilhelm Backhaus: Intermezzo in E flat major, Op. 117, No. 2 - Recorded November 1956: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0DlXdDjLrU

Wilhelm Backhaus: Brahms - Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76, No. 2 - Recorded November 1956: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnUzTJ47c-8

Wilhelm Backhaus, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, late 1950s - Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3, movement 3: http://youtube.com/watch?v=us47_Y9jXOM

Wilhelm Backhaus and Karl Böhm, late 1950s - Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3, movement 3: http://youtube.com/watch?v=hRSTwjTTVZI
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[65attila]

davidhertzberg

A million thanks for this giant pianist/conductor and concerto.

John

[davidhertzberg]

@65attila Thanks for writing, david

[JacobSKeck]

this is fantastic



[aeromagic77]

Amazing, thank you so much!

[30inventionman]

@65attila ya, no problem. that's wha i am here 4

[cauim]

complete!

[pdohan]

THANK YOU. I ENJOY THIS MORE THAN NUMBER TWO. MORE POWERFUL TO MY EARS, PETER

[FORSATKEY]

great ...