Prom 64: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle – review

Royal Albert Hall, London"It's a monster - but one of the best," is how pianist Yefim Bronfman described Brahms's Second Piano Concerto, the opening work in Simon Rattle's second Prom with the Berlin Philharmonic. "I'm not sure you can ever truly know it," he added, acknowledging, perhaps, that no single interpretation can capture every facet of this enormous masterpiece.The shapely gravitas of Bronfman's playing suited it admirably, though on this occasion he took a few minutes to settle. Weigh...

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