Piano Concerto No. 2 / Haydn Variations

Album by Johannes Brahms & Emil Gilels

This album is a pairing of orchestral variations composed in 1873 and a piano concerto completed in 1881 by Johannes Brahms. Musically it juxtaposes a set of classical-inspired variations that emphasise thematic development and contrapuntal texture with a substantial late-Romantic piano concerto that blends symphonic scope and virtuosic solo writing, reflecting Brahms's synthesis of Romantic expressiveness and traditional forms and marking these works as central to his mature output.

Piano Concerto No. 2 / Haydn Variations by Brahms - album cover

First released: 1991

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1.
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83: I. Allegro non troppo
16:00
2.
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83: II. Allegro appassionato
8:08
3.
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83: III. Andante
12:01
4.
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83: IV. Allegretto grazioso
8:55
5.
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a: Chorale St. Antonio: Andante
2:08
6.
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a: Variation I: Poco più animato
1:13
7.
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a: Variation II: Più vivace
0:59
8.
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a: Variation III: Con moto
1:31
9.
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a: Variation IV: Andante con moto
2:01
10.
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a: Variation V: Vivace
0:55
11.
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a: Variation VI: Vivace
1:20
12.
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a: Variation VII: Grazioso
2:54
13.
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a: Variation VIII: Presto non troppo
0:54
14.
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a: Finale: Andante
3:26