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Brahms: Four Hand Piano Music Vol 4 / Matthies, Köhn

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Composer
BRAHMS
Artist
Silke-Thora, Christian, Matthies, Köhn
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Mar 01, 1999
Catalog #
8553726
UPC
730099472623

About

In the late 1850s, Brahms was doing a number of things involving symphonies and pianos. He was having a heck of a time getting his first symphony to fly, and while working on a D minor sonata for 2 pianos, he decided to turn that work into a symphony. However, finding the pianistic ideas intractable, he ended up with his Piano Concerto No. 1. A few years later, he embarked on a multi-movement "symphony serenade" for small orchestra, which was published in 1860 as the Serenade No. 1 in D major, along with its companion, No. 2 in A major.
Despite the initial notion that these might be proto-symphonies, they are relaxed, genial works, well suited to the name "serenade." Brahms also published them in four-hand piano scores, an arrangement to which they adapt quite nicely. They sound wonderfully fresh here, given invigorating performances by the German piano team of Silke-Thora Matthies and Christian Kohn.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro molto 12:48
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro molto
    Duration
    12:48
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Silke-Thora Matthies, Christian Köhn
  2. 2 II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo 07:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    07:29
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Silke-Thora Matthies, Christian Köhn
  3. 3 III. Adagio non troppo 13:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio non troppo
    Duration
    13:22
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Silke-Thora Matthies, Christian Köhn
  4. 4 IV. Minuetto I & II 03:52
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Minuetto I & II
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Silke-Thora Matthies, Christian Köhn
  5. 5 V. Scherzo: Allegro 02:44
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Silke-Thora Matthies, Christian Köhn
  6. 6 VI. Rondo: Allegro 05:41
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Silke-Thora Matthies, Christian Köhn
  7. 7 I. Allegro moderato 08:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    08:03
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Silke-Thora Matthies, Christian Köhn
  8. 8 II. Scherzo: Vivace 02:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Vivace
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Silke-Thora Matthies, Christian Köhn
  9. 9 III. Adagio no troppo 08:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Adagio no troppo
    Duration
    08:09
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Silke-Thora Matthies, Christian Köhn
  10. 10 IV. Quas menuetto 05:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Quas menuetto
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Silke-Thora Matthies, Christian Köhn
  11. 11 V. Rondo: Allegro 06:09
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Silke-Thora Matthies, Christian Köhn