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Brahms: Ballades & Fantasies / Kozhukhin
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Brahms: Ballades & Fantasies / Kozhukhin

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Composer
BRAHMS, JOHANNES
Artist
Denis, Kozhukhin
Format
SACD
Label
PENTATONE
Released
Mar 31, 2017
Catalog #
PTC5186568
UPC
827949056864

About

Bold, turbulent defiance sits alongside pained introspection and bittersweet reverie in this penetrating recital of Brahms piano works by the acclaimed young Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin in his eagerly awaited second recording for Pentatone.

The seven pieces comprising the Fantasias, Op. 116 are quite different in mood but are nevertheless intricately constructed to produce poetic miniatures of great depth and sonority, requiring sensitive artistry to convey their sense of unity and poignancy.

Brahms is in a more full-bloodied and demonstrative mood with the four character pieces in the much earlier Ballades, Op. 10, but these too show moments of transcendent beauty. And in the rarely heard Theme and Variations, Op. 18b, Brahms's sumptuous and instantly seductive arrangement of the second movement of his String Sextet, he produces an arresting and magisterial work with exquisite tone coloration and a hushed, sublime ending.

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These are masterfully crafted renditions, expressive and passionate, perfect in their timing, phrasing, and dynamic structure, as well as grandly conceived in scope.

– Opus Klassiek (Netherlands)

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 Theme and Variations in D Minor (arr. of String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18: II. Andante ma moderato) 10:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    Theme and Variations in D Minor (arr. of String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18: II. Andante ma moderato)
    Duration
    10:14
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Denis Kozhukhin
  2. 2 No. 1 in D Minor, "Edward" 04:34
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 1 in D Minor, "Edward"
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Denis Kozhukhin
  3. 3 No. 2 in D Major 06:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 2 in D Major
    Duration
    06:29
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Denis Kozhukhin
  4. 4 No. 3 in B Minor 04:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 3 in B Minor
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Denis Kozhukhin
  5. 5 No. 4 in B Major 08:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 4 in B Major
    Duration
    08:42
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Denis Kozhukhin
  6. 6 No. 1. Capriccio in D Minor 02:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 1. Capriccio in D Minor
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Denis Kozhukhin
  7. 7 No. 2. Intermezzo in A Minor 03:39
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 2. Intermezzo in A Minor
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Denis Kozhukhin
  8. 8 No. 3. Capriccio in G Minor 03:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 3. Capriccio in G Minor
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Denis Kozhukhin
  9. 9 No. 4. Intermezzo in E Major 04:48
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 4. Intermezzo in E Major
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Denis Kozhukhin
  10. 10 No. 5. Intermezzo in E Minor 02:46
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 5. Intermezzo in E Minor
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Denis Kozhukhin
  11. 11 No. 6. Intermezzo in E Major 03:00
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 6. Intermezzo in E Major
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Denis Kozhukhin
  12. 12 No. 7. Capriccio in D Minor 02:33
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 7. Capriccio in D Minor
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Denis Kozhukhin