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Barry Douglas - Brahms: Works For Solo Piano, Vol. 5 (2015) [Hi-Res]

Barry Douglas - Brahms: Works For Solo Piano, Vol. 5 (2015) [Hi-Res]

BAND/ARTIST: Barry Douglas

  • Title: Brahms: Works For Solo Piano, Vol. 5
  • Year Of Release: 2015
  • Label: Chandos
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks, booklet) [96kHz/24bit] / FLAC (image + .cue, log, booklet)
  • Total Time: 1:07:09
  • Total Size: 965 / 208 MB
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Tracklist:

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118
01. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 1. Intermezzo in A Minor

2 Sarabandes, WoO 5
02. Sarabande in A Minor, WoO 5 posth.

Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2
03. Theme
04. Variation 1
05. Variation 2
06. Variation 3
07. Variation 4
08. Variation 5
09. Variation 6
10. Variation 7
11. Variation 8
12. Variation 9
13. Variation 10
14. Variation 11
15. Variation 12
16. Variation 13
17. Variation 14

Variations on an Original Theme in D Major, Op. 21 No. 1
18. Theme
19. Variation 1
20. Variation 2
21. Variation 3
22. Variation 4
23. Variation 5
24. Variation 6
25. Variation 7
26. Variation 8
27. Variation 9
28. Variation 10
29. Variation 11

2 Sarabandes, WoO 5
30. Sarabande in B Minor, WoO 5 posts.

Scherzo in E-Flat Minor, Op. 4
31. Scherzo in E-Flat Minor, Op. 4

8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76
32. 8 Piano Pieces, Op. 76: No. 3. Intermezzo in A-Flat Major

6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118
33. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 4. Intermezzo in F Minor

21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1
34. 10 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 3 in F Major

8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76
35. 8 Piano Pieces, Op. 76: No. 4. Intermezzo in B-Flat Major

Variations on a Hungarian Song in D Major, Op. 21 No. 2
36. Theme
37. Variation 1
38. Variation 2
39. Variation 3
40. Variation 4
41. Variation 5
42. Variation 6
43. Variation 7
44. Variation 8
45. Variation 9
46. Variation 10
47. Variation 11
48. Variation 12
49. Variation 13
50. Allegro (il doppio Movimento) - Tempo I più animato

21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1
51. No. 1 in G Minor
52. No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor

This album is the penultimate in what BBC Music has described as a ‘triumph of Brahmsian thought’, namely the survey by Barry Douglas of the composer’s complete works for solo piano.

Three years after the release of Volume 1, the winner of the 1986 Tchaikovsky Competition is now performing this repertoire in the finest international venues, such as the Wigmore Hall in July 2015 and Concertgebouw in 2016, when the series will come to a highly anticipated climax with the final volume. Taking a big step further in his career with this achievement, Barry Douglas is gaining a reputation of one of the few accomplished world-class piano virtuosi of the romantic repertoire.

This fifth volume is probably the most virtuosic to date, as it includes the transcendent Scherzo in E flat minor (among Brahms’s earliest surviving compositions), technically demanding variations (especially Book II of the famous Op. 35; see Volume 4 for Book I), as well as several intermezzi, strongly marked by Brahms’s love of metrical complications.

The album also features three tuneful Hungarian Dances, arranged by the composer for solo piano, repertoire new to Barry Douglas’s Brahms exploration.

"if you like your Brahms super-rugged, this CD will not disappoint. Douglas's powerful tone and serious demeanour captures the composer's uncompromising side; yet there's a sense of flow that makes the intermezzos generous and warm without veering towards the emotionally indulgent" (BBC Music Magazine)

"Douglas continues to create provocative playlists by liberating short pieces from opus-number groups and strategically programming them alongside larger-scale compositions…a mixed bag laced with genuine pearls" (Gramophone Magazine)

Barry Douglas, piano



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