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IBS Classical

Brahms: Piano Works

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Details

Composer
Johannes Brahms
Artist
Elia Cecino
Format
CD
Label
IBS Classical
Released
Jun 20, 2025
Catalog #
IBS-42025
UPC
8436597700962

About

The album you hold in your hands charts a journey that is, in more than one sense, the cartography of a life. Not only does it span both the first and one of the last piano works of Johannes Brahms, but beneath it's design lies a deeper meditation on the nature of time. The young Italian pianist Elia Cecino does not merely confront the pianistic and expressive challenges of these works; he assumes the role of a narrator, shaping, through the poetry of sound, a tale of fullness and nostalgia, of youth and age, of promises and memories dissolving into the ether. The Sonata No. 1, written in the ardor of youth, still resounds with echoes of Beethoven-it opens with a direct citation from the Hammerklavier-revealing a Brahms who raises his voice with impassioned fervor, boldly claiming the great classical legacy with the audacity of one who knows he has something to say. At the heart of the program, the Variations on a Theme by Schumann dwell in a space of reverence and sorrow, where a more mature Brahms converses with his friend and mentor in a gesture of tribute and love, of confidences and affinities, of encounters and brotherhood. Finally, the Pieces, Op. 119 transport us to a realm where the urgency of performance and virtuosity has given way to the most intimate contemplation, a kind of personal, confessional journal, in which every note is almost a whisper, a thought suspended in time. Through these three great works, Elia traces the arc of a life and, in doing so, invites us to share in the experience of an entire existence in each listening-to traverse, in little more than an hour, the distance that separates youth from twilight, certainty from doubt, fullness from farewell.

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 11:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    11:47
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  2. 2 II. Andante (nach einem altdeutschen Minneliede) 05:49
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante (nach einem altdeutschen Minneliede)
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  3. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro molto e con fuoco 05:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro molto e con fuoco
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  4. 4 IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco 07:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    07:00
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  5. 5 Theme: Ziemlich langsam 01:18
    Track
    5
    Title
    Theme: Ziemlich langsam
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  6. 6 Variation 1 01:11
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variation 1
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  7. 7 Variation 2 00:33
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variation 2
    Duration
    00:33
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  8. 8 Variation 3 01:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variation 3
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  9. 9 Variation 4 00:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variation 4
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  10. 10 Variation 5 00:50
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variation 5
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  11. 11 Variation 6 00:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variation 6
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  12. 12 Variation 7 00:53
    Track
    12
    Title
    Variation 7
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  13. 13 Variation 8 01:38
    Track
    13
    Title
    Variation 8
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  14. 14 Variation 9 00:36
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variation 9
    Duration
    00:36
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  15. 15 Variation 10 01:55
    Track
    15
    Title
    Variation 10
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  16. 16 Variation 11 00:48
    Track
    16
    Title
    Variation 11
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  17. 17 Variation 12 00:37
    Track
    17
    Title
    Variation 12
    Duration
    00:37
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  18. 18 Variation 13 00:32
    Track
    18
    Title
    Variation 13
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  19. 19 Variation 14 00:56
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variation 14
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  20. 20 Variation 15 01:31
    Track
    20
    Title
    Variation 15
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  21. 21 Variation 16 01:54
    Track
    21
    Title
    Variation 16
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  22. 22 No. 1. Intermezzo in B Minor 03:27
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 1. Intermezzo in B Minor
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  23. 23 No. 2. Intermezzo in E Minor 05:05
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 2. Intermezzo in E Minor
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  24. 24 No. 3. Intermezzo in C Major 01:41
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 3. Intermezzo in C Major
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino
  25. 25 No. 4. Rhapsody in E-Flat Major 05:09
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 4. Rhapsody in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Elia Cecino