21 Hungarian Dances

Album by Johannes Brahms & Joseph Joachim & Aaron Rosand

Hungarian Dances is a set of 21 short dance pieces for piano four hands by Johannes Brahms, first published between 1869 and 1880. Drawing on Hungarian folk melodies and Romani musical traits, the pieces feature vivid rhythmic drive, modal harmonies and contrasting lyrical passages, and they occupy a notable place in Brahms's output as examples of his engagement with folk-inspired material that he later arranged in other formats.
First released: 1992

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 1 in G minor: Allegro molto
    3:23
  2. 2.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 2 in D minor: Allegro non assai
    3:16
  3. 3.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 3 in F: Allegretto
    2:12
  4. 4.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 4 in B minor: Moderato e sostenuto
    4:11
  5. 5.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 5 in G minor: Allegro
    2:38
  6. 6.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 6 in B-flat: Vivace
    3:36
  7. 7.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 7 in A: Allegretto
    2:12
  8. 8.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 8 in A minor: Presto
    2:34
  9. 9.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 9 in E minor: Allegro non troppo
    2:06
  10. 10.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 10 in G: Presto
    1:45
  11. 11.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 11 in D minor: Poco Andante
    2:47
  12. 12.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 12 in D minor: Presto
    2:28
  13. 13.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 13 in D: Andantino grazioso
    1:29
  14. 14.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 14 in D minor: Un poco andante
    2:15
  15. 15.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 15 in A: Allegretto grazioso
    2:46
  16. 16.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 16 in G minor: Con moto - Presto
    3:06
  17. 17.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 17 in F-sharp minor: Andantino - Vivace
    3:41
  18. 18.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 18 in D: Molto vivace
    1:32
  19. 19.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 19 in A minor: Allegretto
    2:13
  20. 20.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 20 in D minor: Poco allegretto
    2:31
  21. 21.
    21 Hungarian Dances: No. 21 in E minor: Vivace
    1:53
  22. 22.
    Romance in B-flat
    4:42

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