WORKS FOR PIANO FOUR HANDS

Composer(s): Johannes Brahms

Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters
Reference: KTC1698
Barcode: 8720366004208
Format: 1 CD
Release date: 2021-04-04
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€ 21,50

Brahms had been an unreserved admirer of the hundreds of waltzes and Ländler that Schubert had composed even before he himself arrived in Vienna. He was just as lyrically enthusiastic about the waltzes of his contemporary Johann Strauss II. It is clear that Brahms, like Schubert and Chopin, took lighter genres such as the waltz very seriously. This can be seen in the wealth of melody, the variation of rhythm and the lush harmonies of the Waltzes op. 39. These were composed in 1865, three years after he had settled in Vienna. It is astonishing to see how a Northern German could feel so at home in every genre that he attempted; he is completely at ease with the gypsy idiom and seems also to be Viennese-born and bred.

Brahms raises the folk character of Georg Friedrich Daumer’s poems to an ultimate refinement in his Liebesliederwalzer op. 52. The work was initially intended for vocal quartet (the vocal parts are marked ad libitum in the original edition) and piano four hands; the marking ad libitum is apposite, given that the work is just as effective without the vocal parts. It is, however, well worth taking a look at Daumer’s poems just to see and hear how ingeniously Brahms handled them.

Given that such an album as this requires variety and contrast, we have not only alternated Hungarian dances with waltzes but also have placed Brahms’ profound Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann op. 23 at the centre of these otherwise light-footed works.

1. Ungarische Tänze Nr. 7 in A Major: Allegretto
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

2. Ungarische Tänze Nr. 8 in A Minor: Presto
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

3. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 1, B Major: Tempo Giusto
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

4. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 2, E Major
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

5. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 3, G Sharp Minor
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

6. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 4, E Minor: Poco Sostenuto
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

7. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 5, E Major
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

8. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 6, C Sharp Major: Vivace
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

9. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 7, C Sharp Minor: Poco Più Andante
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

10. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 8, B Flat Major
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

11. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 9, D Minor
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

12. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 10, G Major
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

13. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 11, B Minor
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

14. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 12, E Major
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

15. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 13, C Major
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

16. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 14, A Minor
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

17. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 15, A Major
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

18. Walzer Op. 39 Nr. 16, D Minor
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

19. Ungarische Tänze Nr. 9, in E Minor: Allegro Non Troppo
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

20. Ungarische Tänze Nr. 11, in D Minor: Poco Andante
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

21. Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann Op. 23
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

22. Ungarische Tänze Nr. 15, in B Flat Major: Allegretto Grazioso
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

23. Ungarische Tänze Nr. 16, in F Major: Con Moto – Presto
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

24. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 1, E Major: Rede, Mädchen allzu liebes
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

25. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 2, A Minor: Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

26. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 3, B Flat Major: O die Frauen, o die Frauen
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

27. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 4, F Major: Wie des Abends schöne Röte
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

28. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 5, A Minor: Die grüne Hopfenranke
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

29. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 6, A Major: Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel nahm den Flug
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

30. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 7, C Minor: Wohl schön bewandt war es vorehe
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

31. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 8, A Flat Major: Wenn so lind dein Auge mir
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

32. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 9, E Major: Am Donaustrande da steht ein Haus
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

33. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 10, G Major: O wie sanft die Quelle
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

34. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 11, C Minor: Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

35. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 12, E Flat Major: Schlösser auf! Und manche Schlösser
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

36. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 13, A Flat Major: Vögelein durchrauscht die Luft
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

37. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 14, E Flat Major: Sieh wie ist die Welle klar
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

38. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 15, A Flat Major: Nachtigall sie singt so schön
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

39. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 16, F Minor: Ein dunkler Schacht ist Liebe
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

40. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 17, D Flat Major: Nicht wandle, mein Licht dort aussen
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

41. Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 Nr. 18, B Flat Minor: Es bebet das Gesträuche
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

42. Ungarische Tänze Nr. 17: Andantino – Vivace in F Sharp Minor
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

43. Ungarische Tänze Nr. 19: Allegretto in B Minor
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artist(s): Jan Vermeulen, Veerle Peeters

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Brahms had been an unreserved admirer of the hundreds of waltzes and Ländler that Schubert had composed even before he himself arrived in Vienna. He was just as lyrically enthusiastic about the waltzes of his contemporary Johann Strauss II. It is clear that Brahms, like Schubert and Chopin, took lighter genres such as the waltz very seriously. This can be seen in the wealth of melody, the variation of rhythm and the lush harmonies of the Waltzes op. 39. These were composed in 1865, three years after he had settled in Vienna. It is astonishing to see how a Northern German could feel so at home in every genre that he attempted; he is completely at ease with the gypsy idiom and seems also to be Viennese-born and bred.

Brahms raises the folk character of Georg Friedrich Daumer’s poems to an ultimate refinement in his Liebesliederwalzer op. 52. The work was initially intended for vocal quartet (the vocal parts are marked ad libitum in the original edition) and piano four hands; the marking ad libitum is apposite, given that the work is just as effective without the vocal parts. It is, however, well worth taking a look at Daumer’s poems just to see and hear how ingeniously Brahms handled them.

Given that such an album as this requires variety and contrast, we have not only alternated Hungarian dances with waltzes but also have placed Brahms’ profound Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann op. 23 at the centre of these otherwise light-footed works.