Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms) - Notable Interpretations

Notable Interpretations

• Igor Zhukov with Gennady Rozhdestvensky and the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio
• Geza Anda with Herbert von Karajan and the Berliner Philharmoniker
• Claudio Arrau with Bernard Haitink and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Wilhelm Backhaus with Karl Bohm and Wiener Philharmoniker
• Idil Biret with Antoni Wit and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Van Cliburn with Kiril Kondrashin and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (recorded live in concert in 1972, remastered and released by the prestigious RCA Victor Red Seal Label in 1994)
• Van Cliburn with Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (studio recording made in 1962 on RCA Living Stereo, LSC-2581, in 1962)
• Edwin Fischer with Wilhelm Furtwängler and the Berliner Philharmoniker
• Leon Fleisher with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra
• Emil Gilels with Eugen Jochum, and the Berliner Philharmoniker, and an earlier interpretation with Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Horacio Gutierrez with Andre Previn and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Vladimir Horowitz with Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra
• Stephen Kovacevich with Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra
• Maurizio Pollini with Claudio Abbado and the Wiener Philharmoniker
• Sviatoslav Richter with Erich Leinsdorf and Chicago Symphony Orchestra (won for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) at the Grammy Awards of 1961), and an earlier interpretation with Yevgeny Mravinsky
• Artur Rubinstein with Witold Rowicki and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
• Rudolf Serkin with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra
• Artur Schnabel with Adrian Boult and BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Ivan Moravec with Jiri Belohlavek and Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
• Emanuel Ax with Bernard Haitink and the Boston Symphony Orchestra