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Brahms – The Complete Solo Piano Music (III)

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Catalogue numberBIS-2127 SACD
Release date2016-01-01
Discs1
Orig. sample rate96000Hz
Total time81:19

Critical acclaim for Jonathan Plowright's two previous discs in his series of Brahms’s works for solo piano includes distinctions such as ‘10/10’ on the website Classics Today and top marks in Diapason as well as ‘Instrumental Choice of the Month’ in BBC Music Magazine. On his third disc Plowright presents the listener with two seemingly contradictory aspects of Johannes Brahms: the deeply serious, emotionally charged, but also meticulously constructed late Piano Pieces of Op. 118 and their precursor Op. 76 appear side by side with the unapologetic extroversion and scintillating verve of most (if not all) of the 16 Waltzes Op. 39, and the flamboyant Variations on a Hungarian Melody. Brahms’s fascination with Hungarian gypsy music stemmed from his friendship with the violinist Eduard Reményi, and found an outlet in several works, among which the Hungarian Dances are probably the most famous. The composer was also a friend and admirer of Johann Strauss II, and in his Op. 39 trespassed – with great success – into the domains of Vienna's 'Waltz King'. It is tempting to think that Brahms early experience as a pianist in taverns and restaurants induced him to compose this sophisticated light music, but there were also commercial reasons: he composed the waltzes for piano four hands and subsequently made no less than two arrangements for solo piano of the entire set.
 
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  Composer: Brahms, Johannes
  Variations on a Hungarian Melody, Op.21, No.2 07:34
01 Thema. Allegro 00:15 $ 0.06 USD
02 Variation I 00:17 $ 0.07 USD
03 Variation II 00:16 $ 0.06 USD
04 Variation III 00:14 $ 0.06 USD
05 Variation IV 00:17 $ 0.07 USD
06 Variation V. Con espressione 00:22 $ 0.09 USD
07 Variation VI 00:20 $ 0.08 USD
08 Variation VII. Poco più lento, dolce espressivo. Quasi
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00:31 $ 0.12 USD
09 Variation VIII. Ancora un poco più lento. Espressivo, dolce 00:41 $ 0.16 USD
10 Variation IX. Dolce 00:29 $ 0.12 USD
11 Variation X. Legato, dolce 00:18 $ 0.07 USD
12 Variation XI. Dolce 00:18 $ 0.07 USD
13 Variation XII. Espressivo 00:17 $ 0.07 USD
14 Variation XIII. Con forza 00:22 $ 0.09 USD
15 Allegro (il doppio movimento)—Tempo I più animato 02:37 $ 0.63 USD
 
  Eight Pieces, Op.76 26:59
16 1. Capriccio in F sharp minor. Un poco agitato 03:43 $ 0.89 USD
17 2. Capriccio in B minor. Allegretto non troppo 03:47 $ 0.91 USD
18 3. Intermezzo in A flat major. Grazioso 02:43 $ 0.65 USD
19 4. Intermezzo in B flat major. Allegretto grazioso 01:50 $ 0.44 USD
20 5. Capriccio in C sharp minor. Agitato, ma non troppo presto 02:55 $ 0.70 USD
21 6. Intermezzo in A major. Andante con moto 04:05 $ 0.98 USD
22 7. Intermezzo in A minor. Moderato semplice 04:09 $ 1.00 USD
23 8. Capriccio in C major. Grazioso ed un poco vivace 03:47 $ 0.91 USD
 
  Waltzes, Op.39 20:03
24 No.1 in B major. Tempo giusto 00:45 $ 0.18 USD
25 No.2 in E major. Dolce 01:15 $ 0.30 USD
26 No.3 in G sharp minor. Dolce 00:46 $ 0.18 USD
27 No.4 in E minor. Poco sostenuto 01:14 $ 0.30 USD
28 No.5 in E major. Grazioso 01:37 $ 0.39 USD
29 No.6 in C sharp major. Vivace 00:56 $ 0.22 USD
30 No.7 in C sharp minor. Poco più andante 02:26 $ 0.58 USD
31 No.8 in B flat major. Dolce, sotto voce 01:24 $ 0.34 USD
32 No.9 in D minor. Espressivo 01:15 $ 0.30 USD
33 No.10 in G major. Poco scherzando 00:32 $ 0.13 USD
34 No.11 in B minor 01:17 $ 0.31 USD
35 No.12 in E major 02:30 $ 0.60 USD
36 No.13 in B major 00:37 $ 0.15 USD
37 No.14 in G sharp minor 01:20 $ 0.32 USD
38 No.15 in A flat major 01:15 $ 0.30 USD
39 No.16 in C sharp minor 00:54 $ 0.22 USD
 
  Piano Pieces, Op.118 24:17
40 1. Intermezzo in A minor. Allegro non assai, ma molto
appassionato
01:46 $ 0.42 USD
41 2. Intermezzo in A major. Andante teneramente 06:35 $ 1.58 USD
42 3. Ballade in G minor. Allegro energico 03:27 $ 0.83 USD
43 4. Intermezzo in F minor. Allegretto un poco agitato 02:25 $ 0.58 USD
44 5. Romance in F major. Andante - Allegretto grazioso - Tempo
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45 6. Intermezzo in E flat minor. Andante, largo e mesto 05:38 $ 1.35 USD
 
  Album total 81:19
ComposerBrahms, Johannes
PianoPlowright, Jonathan

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