Luxembourg Philharmonic / Gustavo Gimeno

Two big names, united in their mastery. We’re not even sure ourselves whether we’re talking about the compositions or about the performers here. But what we do know is that when the famous French pianist, writer, conservationist and wolf breeder Hélène Grimaud gets her teeth into a piece, you want to be there. Especially when she first got her teeth into that piece back in 1997. Grimaud has recorded Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto in D minor several times, and herself describes it as ‘a piece I need to survive.’ In other words, passion, urgency and engagement spark from every note! Brahms, on the other hand, is symphonic formality in all its glorious bombast. Right up conductor Gustavo Gimeno’s street. As Music Director at the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, he rapidly put the orchestral culture of the tiny grand duchy on the global map. There is no better way to discover their unparalleled timbres than in this orchestral work.