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Brahms - Piano Concerto 1 [Brendel/ Abbado-Berliner Philharmoniker] 

Here's the first time that this disc appears in my Blog, and yet i've had this disc for nearly 15 years, it's the Brahms Piano Concerto 1 that i grew up with, and the performance where i really got to know the work, i wish Philips would re-issue this as a double with the Piano Concerto 2. 

Alfred Brendel hails from Austria, but has lived in London for ages, he is now 80 years old, sadly retired from professional playing now, he recorded this work in 1986, the front cover isn't great, and this is one of the reasons why it would be great to re-issue this with the Second Concerto as a double, with a really inspiring front cover. 

Here's Alfred Brendel playing the first movement on YouTube.