Johannes Brahms:
Sonata for Piano no.2,
Eight Piano Pieces op.76,
Three Intermezzi op.117
‘I feel Novacek may have set a new benchmark here’
Instrumental Choice, BBC Music Magazine
‘Czech pianist Libor Novacek’s considerable reputation rests primarily on his Liszt performances, though he is also a superb Brahmsian if this startling recital is anything to go by….The high point comes…with Novacek’s performance of the Op 117 Intermezzos, which are heartbreaking in their quiet intensity.
The Guardian
‘One of the most important and most significant documents of Brahms interpretations of recent times.’
PianoNews, Germany
‘I feel Novacek may have set a new benchmark here’
Instrumental Choice, BBC Music Magazine
Award-winning Czech pianist Libor Novacek’s latest recording is entirely devoted to works by Johannes Brahms. It deliberately covers a wide chronological range, mapping Brahms’s path from youthful brilliance to mellow maturity and includes the comparatively rarely played early Second Piano Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 2, as well as the Klavierstucke, Op 76 and the three late Intermezzi, Op 117.
Release date: 15-9-08
Label: Landor Records
