Author : Johannes Brahms

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Author : Johannes Brahms

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Brahms's music is versatile, as demonstrated by the pieces in this selection. Even amateur pianists can enjoy his immediately appealing, playable works. His delicate intermezzi evoke a dreamy, soulful mood, while the included waltzes - which Brahms himself published in simplified versions - showcase his cheerful, "Austrian" musical sensibilities.

Author : Johannes Brahms

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Author : Johannes Brahms

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In 1879, shortly before Johannes Brahms composed his late, melancholic piano pieces, he wrote the two Rhapsodies op. 79 - two markedly passionate and extensive works. In a letter to the convalescent Clara Schumann, Brahms described these pieces in his typically understated manner, remarking that "with [them] you can really run riot and test whether the course of treatment has actually had any effect." While Brahms' friend Elisabeth von Herzogenberg acknowledged that the G minor Rhapsody was her favorite, she also praised the "intensely prickly beauty" of the B minor work. Both of these popular compositions have now been revised as part of the new Brahms Complete Edition.

Author : Johannes Brahms

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Author : Johannes Brahms

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Author : Johannes Brahms

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Author : Johannes Brahms

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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.

Author : Johannes Brahms

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