Reappraisal - Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 on record - Part 1

Reflections on Brahms Op 10 on record - from 1932 - 1979

The runners and riders for this reappraisal are as follows:

Appraisal: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1  (Part 1 of 4)

Backhaus/BBCSO/Boult c. 1932

Horowitz/NYP/Toscanini pp 1935

Horowitz/Concertgebouw/Walter  1936

Schnabel/LPO/Szell 1938

Fleischer/NYPO/Monteux pp 1944

Serkin/NYPSO/Rodzinski 1946 pp

Arrau/Phil/Cameron c.1947

Serkin/Pittsburgh/Reiner 1948

Kapel/NYPSO/Mitropoulos c.1949

Hess/BSO/Koussevitsky (pp) 1949

Gieseking/SWF SO/Rosbaud 1951 pp

Curzon/Concertgebow/Van Beinum 1953

Backhaus/VPO/Bohm 1953

Serkin/BSO/Munch 1956 pp

Katchen/LSO/Monteux, 1959

Graffman/BSO/ Munch 1959

Gimpel/BPO/Kempe 1958

Fleisler/Clevelend/Szell 1958

Arrau/Phil/Giulini 1960

Serkin/Philly/Ormandy 1961

Rubenstein/OSR/Ansermet 1960

Curzon/Cleveland/Szell 1962

Gould/NYPO/Bernstein 1962

Serkin/Philly/Ormandy 1962

Anda/Phil/Bohm pp 1963

Van Cliburn/BSO/Leinsdorf 1964

Rubenstein/BSO/Leinsdorf 1966

Katchen/BBC SO/ Kempe pp 1967 (pp)

Barenboim/New Philharmonia/Barbirolli 1967

Serkin/Cleveland/Szell 1968

Arrau/RCO/Haitink 1969

Gilels/BPO/Jochum 1972

Rubinstein/RCO/Haitink 1973

Brendel/RCO/Schmidt-Isserstedt 1974

Rubenstein/Israel PO/Mehta 1976

Pollini/VPO/Bohm 1979

These are the great performers of their age, we assume these are great performances (on record or air checks) and most now available on YouTube and streaming services 

To help me fill out this list I ask you the question: FROM 1932 to 1980 - WHO HAVE I MISSED?