Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor

BBC PROMS 2011 from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

The First Piano Concerto is bound up with Brahms' intense friendship with Robert Schumann and his wife Clara, and his sense of loss at Schumann's tragic downward spiral into madness.

Emanuel Ax is the soloist, a pianist renowned for his sensitive interpretations.

Emanuel Ax (piano)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Bernard Haitink (conductor).