Title: Is this Brahms?
Review: All tracks in this album give the impression of an indifferent pianist banging away on the keyboard. Bronfman's attempts--already hesitant--at lyricism, subtlety, and introspection are unconvincing. Should Brahms really be played this way? I have the Murray Perahia recording (Sony Classical) of Brahms's Quartet for Piano and Strings in g minor (with the Amadeus Quartet), his rhapsodies, intermezzo, and capriccio. Nothing there suggests a pianist hesitant to take on the composer's definite romanticism. Perhaps Bronfman has no real enthusiasm for Brahms's music. Stay away. Other pianists do Brahms better.
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