Title: Works for solo piano.
Authors: Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897; Douglas, Barry, 1960-; Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.
Year: 2016
Subjects: Piano music; Dance music; Marches (Piano); Canons, fugues, etc. (Piano); Instrumental music.; Canons, fugues, etc. (Piano); Dance music; Instrumental music; Marches (Piano); Piano music
Abstract: "This is the sixth and final volume in Barry Douglas's survey of Brahms's output for solo piano, which started four years ago. The recital completes a project that over 441 minutes has represented a 'triumph of Brahmsian thoughts' and in which 'every sound is resonantly Brahmsian'. According to BBC Music, 'Douglas's tone is a deep velvet cushion, the legatos full of affection and the rhythms galvanised with great energy'. The music recorded here spans the entirety of the composer's creative career, from March 1852 (the Study after Weber) - eighteen months before the life-changing meeting between Brahms and Robert and Clara Schumann - to August 1893 (the Intermezzo, Op. 118 No. 6) - less than four years before his death, on 3 April 1897. The selection of works offered here invites us to consider Brahms under many aspects - arranger, virtuoso, pedagogue, historicist, and above all pianist - which Barry Douglas embraces perfectly"--Chandos website.
Contents: 'Rakocy' march, Anhang III, no. 10 (4:44) -- Intermezzo, op. 118, no. 6 (4:48) -- Canon, Anhang III, no. 2 (:43) -- Gigue, WoO4 posth., no. 1 (2:10) -- Gigue, WoO4 posth., no. 2 (2:00) -- Capriccio, op. 76, no. 5 (3:09) -- Intermezzo, op. 76, no. 7 (2:47) -- Capriccio, op. 76, no. 8 (3:45) -- Gavotte by Chr. W. Gluck, Anhang Ia, no. 2 (4:02) -- Study no. 1. Étude after Fr. Chopin, Anhang Ia, no. 1 (3:00) -- Study no. 2. Rondo after C.M. von Weber, Anhang Ia, no. 1 (4:58) -- Study no. 3. Presto after J.S. Bach, Anhang Ia, no. 1 (3:29) -- Hungarian Dances, WoO1. No. 2 (3:13) ; No. 4 (4:48) ; No. 6 (3:07) ; No. 7 (1:41) ; No. 8 (2:47) ; No. 9 (2:06) ; No. 10 (2:04) -- Study no. 5. Chaconne by J.S. Bach, Anhang Ia, no. 1 (16:49).