Brahms

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Label
Piano Classics
Release Date
May 15, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johannes Brahms
    • PERFORMER
      Vincenzo Maltempo
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 15, 2026
    • UPC
      5063758103688
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PCL10368
    • LABEL
      Piano Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1 in D Minor, "Edward"

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    2. No. 2 in D Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    3. No. 3 in B Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    4. No. 4 in B Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    5. No. 1. Capriccio in F-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    6. No. 2. Capriccio in B Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    7. No. 3. Intermezzo in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    8. No. 4. Intermezzo in B-Flat Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    9. No. 5. Capriccio in C-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    10. No. 6. Intermezzo in A Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    11. No. 7. Intermezzo in A Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    12. No. 8. Capriccio in C Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    13. No. 1. Capriccio in D Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    14. No. 2. Intermezzo in A Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    15. No. 3. Capriccio in G Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    16. No. 4. Intermezzo in E Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    17. No. 5. Intermezzo in E Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    18. No. 6. Intermezzo in E Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    19. No. 7. Capriccio in D Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    20. Variations on an Original Theme in D Major, Op. 21, No. 1

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    21. No. 1 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    22. No. 2 in B-Flat Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    23. No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    24. No. 1. Intermezzo in A Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    25. No. 2. Intermezzo in A Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    26. No. 3. Ballade in G Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    27. No. 4. Intermezzo in F Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    28. No. 5. Romanze in F Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    29. No. 6. Intermezzo in E-Flat Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    30. No. 1. Intermezzo in B Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    31. No. 2. Intermezzo in E Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    32. No. 3. Intermezzo in C Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    33. No. 4. Rhapsody in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo


Vincenzo Maltempo's considerable catalogue of recordings for Piano Classics includes a much-admired set of the two concertos by Brahms. According to Fanfare, 'Maltempo... plays with commanding technique, grand gestural sweep throughout, and real tonal bloom.' For this second volume of the composer's solo output for the piano, Maltempo has devised a compelling journey for the listener, from the noble and often heroic profile of the Ballades Op. 10 to the late and distilled collections Opp. 116-119, taking in en route the Variations on an Original Theme Op. 21 No. 1 and the eight Klavierst�cke Op. 76. In his performances, Maltempo brings out this stylistic evolution of both piano-writing and harmony, enabling us to appreciate for ourselves the degree to which Brahms continually challenged himself to enrich and experiment with his style, as well as ruthlessly exercising on himself the red pen and the sharp ear which made him so shrewd a critic of fellow composers. The scholar Denis Matthews identified three phases, or styles, in Brahms, not necessarily equating to the conventional division of early, middle, and late: the architectural, contrapuntal, and lyrical. On the surface, beyond a more intense chromaticism and openness to dissonance, there is relatively little to separate the Ballades from the late works. Much the least-often heard piece in this collection is the Variations Op. 21, and the teasing ingenuity of Brahms's treatment of his theme - initially quiet and introspective - is based on a rigorous exploration of contrapuntal possibilities. The Variations date from a period immediately after his fateful meeting with Robert and Clara Schumann in Dusseldorf, when he found himself stretched to live up to the Schumanns' extravagant praise of him as the pre-eminent successor to Beethoven. They and others were captivated by the composer's own mastery of his instrument as a performer, too, and the Op. 21 Variations show Brahms moving on from the extrovert keyboard lionism of works such as the First Concerto while still using the variation principle to celebrate virtuosity as both a composer and a pianist.