Leírás
Classical, Piano Pieces, 2CD kiadvány, 2026.
A felvételek 2021 márciusában készültek, a helyszín a Kammermusiksaal Beethovenhaus (Bonn) volt.
„As a young man, I had already studied and learned some of the late piano pieces out of love and passion. Yet even then I knew that I would have to wait before truly approaching them. They are the final thoughts of a man in old age, and they are so autumnal, so full of resignation…” – Sir András Schiff
„Late Brahms speaks in fragments, memories and subtle revelations. In these intimate piano works, every gesture carries the weight of a lifetime distilled into a few measures: songs without words, reflections that seem to emerge from silence and return to it. Here Sir András Schiff brings together the Albumblatt (an early piece, discovered in 2012), the Klavierstücke op. 76, the Fantasien op. 116, the Intermezzi op. 117, the Klavierstücke op. 118 and op. 119 in a recital that traces the inward arc of Brahms’s final decades. Rather than monumental statements, these are conversations with memory—music of extraordinary concentration, where tenderness and clarity coexist. Recorded in the Kammermusiksaal Hermann J. Abs in Bonn on a Blüthner piano from the 1850s, Schiff’s performance reveals the subtle architecture and poetic intimacy of these, for the most part late, masterpieces. Every phrase is shaped patiently, allowing Brahms’s music to unfold with quiet inevitability. The album follows Schiff’s previous immersion into Brahms’s Piano Concertos alongside the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (2021) (“Schiff and the orchestra breathe air and vitality into these pieces” – The New York Times) and the Clarinet Sonatas, with Jörg Widmann (2020) (“Schiff’s carefully matured experience with Brahms and Widmann’s flexibility in intonation and phrasing enter into a dreamlike symbiosis.” – Süddeutsche Zeitung).
The 2-CD album-accompanying booklet contains a liner note essay by Peter Gülke (1934-2026) as well as a performer’s note and additional comments on every piece by Sir András Schiff, all texts in English and German.
Felvételek:
CD 1.:
1. Albumblatt. Allegro con espressione (Johannes Brahms) 02:04
Klavierstücke op. 76 (Johannes Brahms)
2. Capriccio. Un poco agitato 03:23
3. Capriccio. Allegretto non troppo 03:41
4. Intermezzo. Grazioso 02:05
5. Intermezzo. Allegretto grazioso 01:55
6. Capriccio. Agitato, ma non troppo presto 03:23
7. Intermezzo. Andante con moto 03:14
8. Intermezzo. Moderato semplice 03:04
9. Capriccio. Grazioso ed un poco vivace 03:31
Fantasien op. 116 (Johannes Brahms)
10. Capriccio. Presto energico 02:39
11. Intermezzo. Andante 03:27
12. Capriccio. Allegro passionato 03:22
13. Intermezzo. Adagio 04:12
14. Intermezzo. Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento 02:43
15. Intermezzo. Andantino teneramente 02:54
16. Capriccio. Allegro agitato 02:57
CD 2.:
Drei Intermezzi op. 117 (Johannes Brahms)
1. Intermezzo. Andante moderato 04:05
2. Intermezzo. Andante non troppo e con molta espressione 04:25
3. Intermezzo. Andante con moto 06:02.
Klavierstücke op. 118 (Johannes Brahms)
4. Intermezzo. Allegro non assai, ma molto appasionato 01:50
5. Intermezzo. Andante teneramente 04:38
6. Ballade. Allegro energico 03:34
7. Intermezzo. Allegretto un poco agitato 02:52
8. Romanze. Andante – Allegretto grazioso 03:30
9. Intermezzo. Andante, largo e mesto 05:04
Klavierstücke op. 119 (Johannes Brahms)
10. Intermezzo. Adagio 03:39
11. Intermezzo. Andantino un poco agitato 04:41
12. Intermezzo. Grazioso e giocoso 01:52
13. Rhapsodie. Allegro risoluto 05:29
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