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Alexei Lubimov's magnificent recording of Brahms in 2024 on an ultra-rare Streicher instrument. Also my review of the truly extraordinary, transcendental Brahms recital on 28.08.23 at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall as part of the 'Chopin and His Europe Festival'. Lubimov played rare period pianos beloved by Brahms.

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Rather than review in detail this profound, sublime, beautifully recorded and designed CD, I refer you to my review below of his otherworldly recital of the Brahms Intermezzi in Warsaw some eighteen months ago during the Chopin and His Europe Festival . It possesses the same deeply moving depths of emotion which I would not wish to belabour but only encourage you to listen and travel within the unseen worlds of Brahms music. There are informative and clearly deeply felt observations in the accompanying notes by the National Polish Radio 2 presenter and musicologist Marcin Majchrowski. They elucidate in maturity the summation and reflections on life in the face of mortality, Brahms leading us  finally  to, yes, resignation.  NIFCCD 154  https://sklep.nifc.pl/pl/produkt/77556-alexei-lubimov-brahms Seven Fantasies op. 116 (1892) Capriccio. Presto energico Johannes Brahms Seven Fantasies Op. 116 (1892) Intermezzo. Andante Johannes Brahms ...
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Edward Cahill performs often in Paris for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor 1945 - 1948

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The exuberance of a liberated Paris in 1945 by Robert Doisneau Click on photographs to enlarge Now that my biography  The Pocket Paderewski : The Beguiling Life of the Australian Concert Pianist Edward Cahill  has been published, this additional information gleaned whilst writing and researc hing is of great interest. Some of the text below is quoted directly from the book although not the illustrations. http://www.michael-moran.com/2025/02/edward-cahill-in-recital-at-somerset.html *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * For at least two weeks I toured the chateaux on the Loire and also Paris researching the period after World War II that Edward Cahill (1885-1975) spent there. For those who have not been following the evolution of the biography I wrote, Cahill was a brilliant but forgotten Australian concert pianist who rose from particularly humble beginnings in a tiny town of 400 souls in Queensland (Beenleigh) ...
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