Description

Brahms' three popular Intermezzi, Op. 117, are often considered the pinnacle of his late piano works. Clara Schumann confessed that "in these pieces I at last feel musical life stir once again in my soul." However, Brahms himself reacted to this characterization in a rather brusque manner, formally rejecting the notion that the pieces could be called "Wiegenlieder" (lullabies). As he put it, "It should then say, lullaby of an unhappy mother or of a disconsolate bachelor." The new edition of these moderately challenging Intermezzi (difficulty level 5/6) has now been revised to align with the musical text of the Brahms Complete Edition, and features fingerings by pianist Andreas Boyde.