Suggestion for Brahms

Any suggestion for Brahms that are well recorded and good performances? I like the two piano concertos especially. LP and digital.

Thank you

glai11-19-2010 12:47pm

daverz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 487 posts 11-19-2010 at 04:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Reiner/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the Symphony No. 4 on Chesky. Recorded by Ken Wilkinson in Kingsway Hall. This was originally on Readers Digest. I'm still very fond of the classic Ricther/Leinsdorf in the Piano Concerto No. 2.
daverz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 487 posts 11-20-2010 at 04:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I don't agree that you have to put sonics aside for good Brahms. Some of the great Brahms recordings were made in the "Golden Age". (If you need multi-channel recordings or freak out at the merest hint of tape hiss, this might not be the case.) A case in point is Bruno Walter's last Brahms Symphony cycle. These have always sounded good.