Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2, by Yakov Zak, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling

Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2

by Yakov Zak, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling

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	1.	Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 83 I. Allegro non troppo 17:22
	2.	Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 83 II. Allegro appassionato 08:45
	3.	Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 83 III. Andante 11:51
	4.	Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 83 IV. Allegretto grazioso 08:54
	5.	Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16 I. Andantino - Allegretto 11:09
	6.	Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16 II. Scherzo. Vivace 02:33
	7.	Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16 III. Intermezzo. Allegro moderato 07:12
	8.	Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16 IV. Finale. Allegro tempestuoso 10:29

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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.

Awards: Diapason d’Or

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released November 1, 2010

Yakov Zak ( Piano )
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kurt Sanderling ( Conductor )

LIVE RADIO RECORDINGS: LENINGRAD, 1949 (Brahms), MOSCOW, 1951 (Prokofiev)

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