Brahms 3 CDs

Release October 4, 2024

3-CD Edition

This is the first recording of pianist Igor Levit, conductor Christian Thielemann, and the Vienna Philharmonic performing Brahms' two Piano Concertos. The release is a triple-CD album featuring Levit's recording of Brahms' late solo piano works, opp. 116-119. As a special encore, Levit and Thielemann also play Brahms' Waltz op. 39/15 for four hands. The album will be released internationally on October 4 via Sony Classical.

After Igor Levit, Christian Thielemann, and the Vienna Philharmonic performed Brahms' First Piano Concerto at Vienna's renowned Musikverein in April 2024, the Viennese newspaper The Standard wrote: "During these fifty minutes, an irresistible dose of emotion was conveyed, but at the same time the sophisticated structure of Brahms' masterpiece remained crystal clear." Four months earlier, after their performance of the Second Piano Concerto, the Austrian newspaper Die Presse had declared that "Igor Levit sets a new gold standard for Brahms."