Composer: Brahms, Johannes An Introduction to … BRAHMS 104:44
01 Introduction; opening horn call and piano's answer 01:50 $ 0.18 USD
02 Rising three-note scalewise pattern 00:25 $ 0.04 USD
03 Quicker, descending six-note 'answer' 00:18 $ 0.03 USD
04 Second, answering phrase 00:32 $ 0.05 USD
05 First Main Theme completed by orchestra 00:50 $ 0.08 USD
06 Peace shattered as piano bursts back in like a tiger 01:24 $ 0.14 USD
07 Variant of opening horn call in bass 00:19 $ 0.03 USD
08 Orchestra returns; beginning of Exposition proper 02:25 $ 0.24 USD
09 Big, 'singing' theme in orchestra; piano 'forgotten' 00:41 $ 0.07 USD
10 Call to arms by strings; marshalling of orchestral forces 01:03 $ 0.11 USD
11 Piano re-enters fry with massive expansion of opening figure 00:48 $ 0.08 USD
12 Piano 'explores' two main facets of opening theme 00:45 $ 0.08 USD
13 Transition. sense of key weakened. Piano and orchestra come together 01:07 $ 0.11 USD
14 Piano and orchestra 'argue' over speed of thematic three-note rise 00:41 $ 0.07 USD
15 Piano and orchestra in friendly dialogue before piano falls away 01:28 $ 0.15 USD
16 'Winged' harmonic shadow of pure pianistic tone-colour 00:45 $ 0.08 USD
17 New 'transitional' theme from orchestra developed by piano 01:51 $ 0.19 USD
18 After indecision and discussion, the mood suddenly turns playful 00:26 $ 0.04 USD
19 Reminder of Second Main Theme in its original form 00:43 $ 0.07 USD
20 Ttransfomation of Second Main Theme by piano 00:40 $ 0.07 USD
21 Piano hijacks orchestra's 'call to arms' 00:43 $ 0.07 USD
22 Piano and orchestra, now allies, explore theme, but with piano leading 01:08 $ 0.11 USD
23 Dramatic eruption of orchestra leads to the Development section 01:13 $ 0.12 USD
24 Pianistic 'tiger' replaced by gentle reflective, soft-spoken poet 00:30 $ 0.05 USD
25 Transformed 'tiger' theme amicably shared by piano and orchestra 00:44 $ 0.07 USD
26 An apparently new theme - but Battlle Hymn of the Republic? 00:41 $ 0.07 USD
27 Brief, downward-driving section prepares for the Recapitulation 00:54 $ 0.09 USD
28 On the threshold of the Recapitulation 00:54 $ 0.09 USD
29 Recapitulation: The Magical Return 01:06 $ 0.11 USD
30 From Gate-crashing Tiger to Celestial Tenderness - and a surprise 01:17 $ 0.13 USD
31 And unexpected and portentus change of mood, suggesting tragedy 01:01 $ 0.10 USD
32 Summation 00:30 $ 0.05 USD
33 First Movement (Complete) 17:16 $ 1.73 USD
34 Second Movement: The upward-driving opening gambit, piano alone 00:13 $ 0.02 USD
35 Downward-driving answer from lower strings 00:27 $ 0.05 USD
36 Theme vs Melody 00:58 $ 0.10 USD
37 Eerie, unharmonised, 'white' sound of Second Theme 00:45 $ 0.08 USD
38 Second Theme taken up and developed by piano 01:25 $ 0.14 USD
39 Expectation and surprise; harmonic fluidity and intensifying drama 01:40 $ 0.17 USD
40 Return (and transformation) of Theme Two 00:41 $ 0.07 USD
41 Theme One returns in orchestra; Theme Three emerges in major mode 01:00 $ 0.10 USD
42 Sequence of fragmentary episodes begins with unexpected fanfare 00:58 $ 0.10 USD
43 Variant of Theme Three in piano 00:36 $ 0.06 USD
44 Rescored variant of 'fanfare' theme; from grandeur to solemnity 00:21 $ 0.04 USD
45 Rhapsodic variant of fanfare, this time for piano alone 00:24 $ 0.04 USD
46 Recapitulation of opening, with piano and orchestra reversing roles 01:07 $ 0.11 USD
47 Theme Two transformed by new instrumentation 00:36 $ 0.06 USD
48 Cue and Second Movement (Complete) 09:23 $ 0.94 USD