Hungarian Dances

Album by Johannes Brahms & Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer

Hungarian Dances is a set of 21 short dances for piano four hands by Johannes Brahms, composed in 1869 and later arranged for orchestra. The pieces draw on Hungarian folk rhythms and modes with lively, dance-like character and contrasting tempi, and they figured prominently in Brahms's early output and the 19th-century vogue for folk-inspired composition.
First released: 1999

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Hungarian Dance no. 1 in G minor
    3:17
  2. 2.
    Hungarian Dance no. 2 in D minor
    4:05
  3. 3.
    Hungarian Dance no. 3 in F major
    2:12
  4. 4.
    Hungarian Dance no. 4 in F-sharp minor
    5:01
  5. 5.
    Hungarian Dance no. 5 in G minor
    2:33
  6. 6.
    Hungarian Dance no. 6 in D major
    3:08
  7. 7.
    Hungarian Dance no. 7 in A major
    1:51
  8. 8.
    Hungarian Dance no. 8 in A minor
    3:16
  9. 9.
    Hungarian Dance no. 9 in E minor
    2:01
  10. 10.
    Hungarian Dance no. 10 in F major
    1:51
  11. 11.
    Hungarian Dance no. 11 in D minor
    3:52
  12. 12.
    Hungarian Dance no. 12 in D minor
    2:33
  13. 13.
    Hungarian Dance no. 13 in D major
    1:31
  14. 14.
    Hungarian Dance no. 14 in D minor
    2:34
  15. 15.
    Hungarian Dance no. 15 in B-flat major
    2:43
  16. 16.
    Hungarian Dance no. 16 in F minor
    2:56
  17. 17.
    Hungarian Dance no. 17 in F-sharp minor
    3:15
  18. 18.
    Hungarian Dance no. 18 in D major
    1:27
  19. 19.
    Hungarian Dance no. 19 in B minor
    1:40
  20. 20.
    Hungarian Dance no. 20 in E minor
    2:59
  21. 21.
    Hungarian Dance no. 21 in E minor
    1:29

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