Adam Laloum - Brahms Piano Concertos (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

This is Adam Laloum’s debut album with Sony Classical. Laloum tackles both of Brahms’s two piano concerti in this recording - a demanding task for even the most seasoned performer, and so, this record-ing stands as a testament to the confidence and abilities of the young French pianist. Laloum is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards including first prize for the Clara Haskil Piano Competition in 2009 and more recently the Victoire de la Musique Classique (Instrumental Soloist of the Year) in 2017. Laloum has already made appearances at prestigious venues and festivals such as London’s Wigmore Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie and Verbier Festival. He has also appeared as a soloist along-side Mariinsky Orchestra with Valery Gergiev and the Orchestre de Paris.

Adam says about the Second Concerto: “The Second Concerto to me contains […] fantasy, with an extraordinary sense of noblesse and maybe a different type of generosity: it is warmer and more human. Although it is an immense work, sometimes in it [Brahms] talks about simple things and even about humour – always with a lot of tenderness.

Tracklist:

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

CD1
01. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Maestoso
02. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: II. Adagio
03. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: III. Rondo-Allegro non troppo

CD2
01. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: I. Allegro non troppo
02. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: II. Allegro appassionato
03. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Andante
04. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: IV. Allegretto grazioso

Personnel:
Adam Laloum, piano
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Kazuki Yamada, conductor