Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 - Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 (Remastered) Yakov Zak, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Ussr Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83:
• 1 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: I. Allegro non troppo 17:22
• 2 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: II. Allegro appassionato 08:45
• 3 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Andante 11:51
• 4 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: IV. Allegretto grazioso 08:54
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16:
• 5 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16: I. Andantino - Allegretto 11:09
• 6 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16: II. Scherzo. Vivace 02:33
• 7 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16: III. Intermezzo. Allegro moderato 07:12
• 8 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16: IV. Finale. Allegro tempestuoso 10:29
• Total Runtime 01:18:15

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Yakov Zak was one of the greatest names in Soviet piano performing and teaching but remained little known abroad, with the possible exception of the United States. From a Jewish family in Odessa like Emil Gilels, three years his junior, he achieved skills worthy of the latter with whom he frequently played in duo. A student of Heinrich Neuhaus, 1st Prize at the Chopin Competition in 1937, with special mention for his interpretation of the mazurkas, his vast repertoire concentrated on Beethoven – late Sonatas, Diabelli Variations – Schubert, Chopin, of course, Brahms with the two Concertos, Rachmaninov's 4th Concerto – preceding Michelangeli – Prokofiev and Medtner, whom he defended with Gilels. Endowed with Olympian technique and a clear, solid sense of form, he remains a model, a humanist whose current discography is amazingly meagre. He died of a heart attack on 28 June 1976, the day after a brutal police interrogation.

Yakov Zak, piano
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
USSRRadio Symphony Orchestra
Kurt Sanderling, conductor

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