Max Bruch - Concerto for Two Pianos, Op. 88a (1912)

[@eileenazeff14]

Max bruchs concerto for 2 pianist is exquisite. The third slow movement is so expressiveness exquisite. What a pity it is not better known

[@TheodoreServin]

Max Bruch - Concerto for Two Pianos in A-flat minor, Op. 88a
1. - Andante sostenuto (A-flat minor): 0:00
2. - Andante con moto - Allegro molto vivace (E major): 6:10
3. - Adagio ma non troppo (B major - D major - B major): 12:26
4. - Andante - Allegro (A-flat major): 20:41

[@marcalexandrefontenay9801]

Rare œuvre pour piano concerto de Bruch après ses brillants concerti pour violon, ce superbe double concerto pour piano post romantique virtuose jamais donné en concert !

[@gradwhan]

the beginning of the 20th marks the beginning of the pluralism of styles. sacre du printemps, schönberg's piano pieces, jazz in america, romanticism... a fascinating concerto. Thanks for uploading it :)

[@fabiovalenza9811]

Really beautiful!!! It is not possible for such a composer to be little known. It is not possible that we have talked above all about the usual greats of all time. Honor to Max Bruch!!!

[@elrichardo1337]

...what the hell are you smoking
bruch's first violin concerto is literally standard repertoire, as is his "kol nidrei" for cello and orchestra

[@Zimzamzoom95]

@@elrichardo1337the community of classical music is dunning-kruger personified

[@fransmeersman2334]

One of the most beautiful romantic piano concertos. The Labèque Sisters are marvelous. Thank you very much.

[@radudeATL]

What a gem. What a precious, precious gem.

[@mr-wx3lv]

What a fine and interesting composer Max bruch was. Rather and refreshingly old fashioned for 1912, considering we've just had the entire ouvre of Mahler symphonies by then. But this is an absolute gem. Thanks for the upload.

[@pietrolandri6081]

Very interesting story. Informative and intriguing dessert for the musical main course....

[@marcsmith7789]

Some absolutely lovely writing in this piece.

[@MichaelCWBell]

The grand introduction certainly makes a wonderful commitment to Ab minor. Bruch to me also exposes himself as another Bach lover by the fugal exposition (not merely by fugue - is not the 2nd fugue from the well tempered evocatively hinted?) Romantic gesture and good humour follow. I hear it in B major although for argument sake it’s in Cb. A respectful composer emerges. Welcome dotted rhythmic features. Nothing entirely denoting that it is a double piano work. Ok, that was a surprise- the 1st mvt finished on the dominant with no return to the fugal idea.
This work unashamedly seeks a portrait of beauty. No shame. Love extracted from the softer regions surrounding the stones of a man’s heart (simile based on one from Stephen King).
Recapitulated 1st theme and a pleasing tonic major sonority heralds the last mvt. Is he unsure where to go here? Dare I sense an influence from Grieg? There seems to be a theme here but I didn’t notice it before… ? Perhaps the texture needed some thinning. A clarinet solo although it gave no new direction. Homogenous last movement. A grand joyous finish.
My overall view is that it is a fairly good Romantic concert piece that has the most stimulating writing at the beginning.

[@marikomariko3992]

Absolutely gorgeous! Nobody around me knows Max Bruch..... What do we do to promote a great composer like him?

[@anonymusum]

His most famous work is his concerto for violin and orchestra. You or your acquaintance may have heard it without knowing the composer.

[@mingzhong5481]

@@anonymusum His other double concerto, OP 88, is also a masterpiece and a staple for viola repertoire.

[@nocturnallsnake4228]

Thank you for this jewel, I loved it very much.

[@fredericchopin7538]

Marvelous concerto!

[@user-ru8vy1uz7c]

Bravo brilliance concerto

[@benrubin8624]

third movement is so nice

[@MrYoumitube]

My favourite composer behind Beethoven and Mozart.

That last note at 28:02 is when you wish every piano went down to low A-flat. Bösendorefer....

[@ThomasJCrawleyComposer]

That 3rd movement!!!

[@brkahn]

What an extraordinary story... Thank you for it, on top of this recording! (What could have come through their heads to change it on and on without performing it, especially as the original version is so good?)

[@zeenohaquo7970]

Ab minor. Wow, a very seldom used key. 👍🎹🎶

[@nocturnallsnake4228]

And its enarmonic isnt more popular either!

[@stalkerstomper3304]

It's just an enharmonic key to g# minor though lol... and plenty of classical piano pieces were written in g# minor, especially Chopin who believed B major was the most ergonomically comfortable key to play in, and as we know, g# minor is just the relative minor to B major.
Despite all of this, yes... it wasn't a common key for orchestral music such as concertos though, but it isn't necessarily mind blowing either to choose a-flat minor.
As far as the concerto goes, I was pleasantly surprised how fundamentally and traditionally sounding it was. I was expecting atonality and such. Very pleasing though!

[@zalba5710]

@@stalkerstomper3304 it’s the only Piano concerto written in that key tho. And athlete aren’t any in g sharp minor.

[@masantonio8790]

@@zalba5710 Technically, the Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano is in G# Minor, but that’s only kind of a concerto.
Anyway, carry on.

[@adeemuff]

@@masantonio8790 also, there's Feinberg's piano concerto in G-sharp minor.

[@stevent2180]

What's wrong with g sharp minor

[@Zimzamzoom95]

It's not cool enough

[@leonelcastrodambrosio]

El Himno de Argentina, vamos campeones del mundo!!

[@lucasmisaelcuadra2066]

MUCHAAAACHOOOO

[@joost.boekhoven]

Very nice to be able to hear this concert. And an interesting story behind it. I can only hope those fraudulent sisters (who also stole Bruch’s manuscript of his famous first violin concerto) reincarnate as poverty-stricken musicians.

[@rosyy68532]

0:00~6:09 my fav

[@user-zc6mo5kz8m]

12:28 3rd mov.