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Several new recordings are presented in this 6-CD set with the complete piano works of the great romantic Johannes Brahms: the variations are superbly played by young German prize-winning pianist Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, mastering the fiendishly difficult Paganini Variations with supreme ease and power (but also the much more lyrical and intimate Schumann Variations!). Young Turkish pianist Kamerhan Turan gives a brilliant account of the youthful Piano Sonata No. 1.
World-famous Hélene Grimaud shows her brilliance and passion in the Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3, whereas Hakon Austbö offers his incomparable sensibility in the complete Klavierstücke (Brahms’ “Lullabies of my sorrow” ..)
Track listing:
CD1
PIANO SONATA No. 1 in C major Op. 1
WALTZES Op. 39
Kamerhan Turan, piano (1-5)
Karin Lechner, piano (6-16)
CD2
PIANO SONATA No. 2 in F sharp minor Op. 2
PIANO SONATA No. 3 in F minor Op. 5
Hélène Grimaud, piano
CD3
VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF PAGANINI in A minor Studies Op 35, Book I (1862-63)
VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF PAGANINI in A minor Studies Op 35, Book II (1862-63)
VARIATIONS AND FUGUE ON A THEME OF HANDEL in B flat major, Op 24 (1861)
Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy: Piano
CD4
VARIATIONS ON AN ORIGINAL THEME in D major Op 21 No 1 (1856-57)
VARIATIONS ON A HUNGARIAN SONG in D major Op 21 No 2 (? 1853-54)
VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF ROBERT SCHUMANN in F sharp minor, Op 9 (1854
Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy: Piano
CD5
BALLADES Op. 10
RHAPSODIES Op. 79
KLAVIERSTÜCKE Op. 76
Håkon Austbø, piano
CD6
FANTASIEN Op. 116
INTERMEZZI Op. 117
KLAVIERSTÜCKE Op. 118
KLAVIERSTÜCKE Op. 119
Håkon Austbø, piano
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