Grand Tour of the National

Even though your name is Brahms, composing an unplayable concerto is not going to delight its recipient: so Joseph Joachim demanded that the master revise his copy, which was riddled with difficulties. Fortunately, the years have passed, and this masterpiece of Romanticism has become a hobbyhorse for virtuosos – starting with Julia Fischer. In contrast, the Images, the great Debussy signature of the National, and the rediscovery of a too-forgotte...