The 21 Hungarian Dances

Album by Johannes Brahms & Oscar Shumsky & Frank Maus

The 21 Hungarian Dances are a collection of short pieces for piano four-hands by Johannes Brahms, composed and published in stages between 1869 and 1880. Drawing on Hungarian and Romani dance rhythms and melodic idioms, the pieces reflect Brahms's interest in folk-inspired material and belong to his middle-period output; several were later arranged for orchestra, broadening their dissemination.
First released: 10th March 1998

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor: Allegro molto
    3:16
  2. 2.
    Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D minor: Allegro non assai
    3:13
  3. 3.
    Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F major: Allegretto
    2:13
  4. 4.
    Hungarian Dance No. 4 in B minor: Moderato e sostenuto
    4:12
  5. 5.
    Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor: Allegro
    2:18
  6. 6.
    Hungarian Dance No. 6 in B-flat major: Vivace
    3:14
  7. 7.
    Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A major: Allegretto
    1:51
  8. 8.
    Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A minor: Presto
    3:09
  9. 9.
    Hungarian Dance No. 9 in E minor: Allegro non troppo
    2:05
  10. 10.
    Hungarian Dance No. 10 in G major: Presto
    1:40
  11. 11.
    Hungarian Dance No. 11 in D minor: Poco andante
    3:03
  12. 12.
    Hungarian Dance No. 12 in D minor: Presto
    2:31
  13. 13.
    Hungarian Dance No. 13 in D major: Andantino grazioso
    1:27
  14. 14.
    Hungarian Dance No. 14 in D minor: Un poco andante
    1:34
  15. 15.
    Hungarian Dance No. 15 in A major: Allegretto grazioso
    2:24
  16. 16.
    Hungarian Dance No. 16 in G minor: Con moto - Presto
    2:31
  17. 17.
    Hungarian Dance No. 17 in F-sharp minor: Andantino - Vivace
    3:20
  18. 18.
    Hungarian Dance No. 18 in D major: Molto vivace
    1:33
  19. 19.
    Hungarian Dance No. 19 in A minor: Allegretto
    1:52
  20. 20.
    Hungarian Dance No. 20 in D minor: Poco allegretto
    2:38
  21. 21.
    Hungarian Dance No. 21 in E minor: Vivace
    1:34

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