Title: brahms in the great tradition
Product review: Backhaus was perhaps most at home in Brahms of all composers. He was in the great tradition, and it came naturally. He was also a great pianist. In Boult he had a kindred spirit. As a young man Boult played two-piano duets with Fanny Davies, Clara Schumann's pupil. He was 9 when Brahms died, but by then had attended London concerts of the composer's works. Later, as conductor of the BBCSO and the LPO, he won a major reputation as a Brahms conductor. For Sir Simon Rattle, Boult was one of the two great Brahms conductors (the other was Giulini). This CD, then, gives us something we won't hear nowadays. It's a powerful performance, a real performance, in pretty good sound for the time. Noone would listen to this for audiophile pleasure, but as a study disc that takes us close to a 19th. century tradition - 'echt Brahms' - it's priceless.
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