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Brahms: 10 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 - 16 Waltzes, Op. 39

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Details

Composer
BRAHMS
Artist
Idil, Biret
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jun 03, 1994
Catalog #
8550355
UPC
730099535526

About

The set of ten Hungarian dances opens with the famous G minor dance, followed by a D minor dance, with a central D major episode, and a third in D minor, with a lively D major middle section. The fourth dance, in F sharp minor, is of a more expressive cast, leading to a more passionate companion in the same key. The sixth of the set, in D flat major, frames a slower C sharp minor section in livelier outer sections, leading to the rhythmic seventh dance and an eighth in A minor in the rhythm of the first. A dance in E minor is succeeded by the final rapid E major that rounds of the work. The sixteen Waltzes that form Opus 39 were written in Vienna in 1864 and published two years later with a dedication to the critic Eduard Hanslick, who welcomed such an unexpected gift from a serious, North German composer, who might have been supposed incapable of such Viennese abandon. If the great symphonies of Brahms continue the tradition of Schubert, they may be imagined as a tribute to the city where the compose was now to make his home. The original version seems to be that for piano duet, a form that had an immediate popular commercial attraction and would have provided Hanslick with music to share with young ladies of his acquaintance, with whom he was accustomed to play duets. The Waltzes are in a simpler and shorter form than the slightly more complex Hungarian Dances. Idil Biret born in Ankara, Idil Biret began piano lessons at the age of three. She displayed an outstanding gift for music and graduated from the Paris Conservatoire with three first prizes when she was fifteen. She studied piano with Alfred Cortot and Wilhelm Kempff, and composition with Nadia Boulanger. Since the age of sixteen Idil Biret has performed in concerts around the world, playing with major orchestras under the direction of conductors such as Monteux, Boult, Kempe, Sargent, de Burgos, Pritchard, Groves and Mackerras. She has participated in the festivals of Montreal, Persepolis, Royan, La Rochelle, Athens, Berlin, Gstaad and Istanbul. She was also invited to perform at the 85th birthday celebration of Wilhelm Backhaus and at the 90th birthday celebration of Wilhelm Kempff. Idil Biret received the Lily Boulanger Memorial Fund Award (1954/1964), the Harriet Cohen/Dinu Lipatti Gold Medal (1959) and the Polish Artistic Merit Award (1974) and was named Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite in 1976.

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1 in B Major 00:45
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1 in B Major
    Duration
    00:45
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  2. 2 No. 2 in E Major 01:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2 in E Major
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  3. 3 No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor 00:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  4. 4 No. 4 in E Minor 01:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4 in E Minor
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  5. 5 No. 5 in E Major 01:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5 in E Major
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  6. 6 No. 6 in C-Sharp Major 01:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6 in C-Sharp Major
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  7. 7 No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor 02:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  8. 8 No. 8 in B-Flat Major 01:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8 in B-Flat Major
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  9. 9 No. 9 in D Minor 01:26
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9 in D Minor
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  10. 10 No. 10 in G Major 00:32
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10 in G Major
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  11. 11 No. 11 in B Minor 01:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11 in B Minor
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  12. 12 No. 12 in E Major 02:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12 in E Major
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  13. 13 No. 13 in B Major 00:40
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 13 in B Major
    Duration
    00:40
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  14. 14 No. 14 in G-Sharp Minor 01:27
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 14 in G-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  15. 15 No. 15 in A-Flat Major 01:34
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 15 in A-Flat Major
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  16. 16 No. 16 in C-Sharp Minor 01:15
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 16 in C-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  17. 17 No. 1 in G Minor 03:10
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 1 in G Minor
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  18. 18 No. 2 in D Minor 03:36
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 2 in D Minor
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  19. 19 No. 3 in F Major 02:41
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 3 in F Major
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  20. 20 No. 4 in F-Sharp Minor 05:10
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 4 in F-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  21. 21 No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor 02:24
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  22. 22 No. 6 in D-Flat Major 04:03
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 6 in D-Flat Major
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  23. 23 No. 7 in F Major 01:48
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 7 in F Major
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  24. 24 No. 8 in A Minor 02:43
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 8 in A Minor
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  25. 25 No. 9 in E Minor 02:14
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 9 in E Minor
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  26. 26 No. 10 in E Major 02:03
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 10 in E Major
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret