Piano Concerto No. 1 / Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel

Album by Johannes Brahms & Bruno Leonardo Gelber & Münchner Philharmoniker & Franz-Paul Decker

This collection comprises orchestral works by Johannes Brahms written in 1858 and 1861. They exemplify Brahms's Romantic-era style, juxtaposing dense symphonic orchestration and virtuosic piano writing with contrapuntal and variation techniques rooted in earlier Baroque models, and occupy a transitional place in his career as he consolidated symphonic ambitions and mastery of variation form.

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  1. 1.
    Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15 I. Maestoso
    22:09
  2. 2.
    Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15 II. Adagio
    14:16
  3. 3.
    Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15 III. Rondo: Allegro non troppo
    12:01
  4. 4.
    Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op. 24
    26:49

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