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Barry Douglas|Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 4

Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 4

Barry Douglas

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The Chandos series of albums devoted to the solo piano music of Brahms, performed by Irish pianist Barry Douglas, here reaches its fourth volume. Douglas' readings have been substantial and generally well received, and this group of pieces has the virtues of their predecessors in the series. Most notable is the structure of the program: Douglas plays Brahms' smaller pieces not in their original opus-number groupings but as intermezzi between larger works. This makes sense on several different levels, one of them being that some of the short works here are indeed titled Intermezzi. It's not at all clear that Brahms intended groups of short pieces to be plowed through from beginning to end. And, most important of all, the recital concept of Brahms' time was oriented toward mixtures of weightier and smaller pieces. As in the earlier Douglas releases in the series, the pianist handles the mixture well. The overall dimensions are intimate, and the fervent, technically dense quality of the early Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1, comes through very nicely. Of course every note is in place in the two big variation sets that round out the program, but here some may miss a bit of hall-filling excitement. On balance this is a strong addition to Douglas' series, although maybe not the one to start with for those just buying one. Among its virtues is the sound engineering from the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge; it's ideally suited to both performer and concept.
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Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1 (Johannes Brahms)

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I. Allegro - Poco ritenuto
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II. Andante - Adagio
00:05:25

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III. Scherzo. Allegro molto e con fuoco
00:05:43

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IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
00:06:30

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3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor
00:05:20

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4 Klavierstücke, Op. 119: No. 2, Intermezzo in E Minor
00:04:36

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16 Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 9 (Johannes Brahms)

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Theme. Ziemlich langsam
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Variation I
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Variation II. Poco più moto
00:00:23

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Variation III. Tempo di tema
00:01:00

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Variation IV. Poco più moto
00:00:41

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Variation V. Allegro capriccioso
00:00:54

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Variation VI. Allegro
00:00:52

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Variation VII. Andante
00:00:44

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Variation VIII. Andante (non troppo lento)
00:01:13

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Variation IX. Schnell
00:00:33

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Variation X. Poco Adagio
00:01:23

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Variation XI. Un poco più animato
00:00:32

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Variation XII. Allegretto, poco scherzando - Presto
00:00:42

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Variation XIII. Non troppo Presto
00:00:43

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Variation XIV. Andante
00:01:10

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Variation XV. Poco Adagio
00:01:17

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Variation XVI.
00:01:40

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8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76 (Johannes Brahms)

24
No. 1, Capriccio in F-Sharp Minor
00:03:26

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No. 2, Capriccio in B Minor
00:03:21

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No. 6, Intermezzo in A Major
00:03:29

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27
4 Ballades, Op. 10: No. 1 in D Minor, "Edward"
00:04:43

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28 Variations on a Theme by Niccolò Paganini, Book I, Op. 35 (Johannes Brahms)

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Theme. Non troppo presto
00:00:27

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Variation I
00:00:31

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Variation II
00:00:33

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Variation III
00:00:31

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32
Variation IV
00:00:54

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Variation V
00:00:42

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Variation VI
00:00:28

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Variation VII
00:00:28

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Variation VIII
00:00:32

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37
Variation IX
00:01:25

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Variation X
00:01:12

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Variation XI. Andante
00:01:21

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Variation XII
00:00:57

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Variation XIII
00:00:35

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42
Variation XIV. Allegro
00:01:20

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Variation XIV. Presto, ma non troppo
00:00:58

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Album review

The Chandos series of albums devoted to the solo piano music of Brahms, performed by Irish pianist Barry Douglas, here reaches its fourth volume. Douglas' readings have been substantial and generally well received, and this group of pieces has the virtues of their predecessors in the series. Most notable is the structure of the program: Douglas plays Brahms' smaller pieces not in their original opus-number groupings but as intermezzi between larger works. This makes sense on several different levels, one of them being that some of the short works here are indeed titled Intermezzi. It's not at all clear that Brahms intended groups of short pieces to be plowed through from beginning to end. And, most important of all, the recital concept of Brahms' time was oriented toward mixtures of weightier and smaller pieces. As in the earlier Douglas releases in the series, the pianist handles the mixture well. The overall dimensions are intimate, and the fervent, technically dense quality of the early Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1, comes through very nicely. Of course every note is in place in the two big variation sets that round out the program, but here some may miss a bit of hall-filling excitement. On balance this is a strong addition to Douglas' series, although maybe not the one to start with for those just buying one. Among its virtues is the sound engineering from the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge; it's ideally suited to both performer and concept.
© TiVo

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