Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: Nelson Goerner
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Release: 2019
Size: 869 MB
Recovery: +3%
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Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
01. I. Allegro maestoso
02. II. Andante espressivo
03. III. Scherzo. Allegro energico – Trio
04. IV. Intermezzo. Andante molto
05. V. Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato
Variations on a theme by Paganini in A Minor, Op. 35, Book I
06. Thema. Non troppo Presto
07. Variation 1
08. Variation 2
09. Variation 3
10. Variation 4
11. Variation 5
12. Variation 6
13. Variation 7
14. Variation 8
15. Variation 9
16. Variation 10
17. Variation 11. Andante
18. Variation 12
19. Variation 13
20. Variation 14. Allegro
Variations on a theme by Paganini in A Minor, Op. 35, Book II
21. Variation 1
22. Variation 2. Poco Animato
23. Variation 3
24. Variation 4. Poco Allegretto
25. Variation 5
26. Variation 6. Poco più vivace
27. Variation 7
28. Variation 8. Allegro
29. Variation 9
30. Variation 10. Veloce, energico
31. Variation 11. Vivace
32. Variation 12. Un poco Andante
33. Variation 13. Un poco più Andante
34. Variation 14. Presto, ma non troppo
After the Second Piano Concerto (Alpha 395), Nelson Goerner presents here his first solo Brahms recital with the Sonata op.5, a youthful composition that is ‘impetuous, full of ardour and vitality’, says Goerner, ‘but which requires an interpreter who has reached maturity in his or her development to express all that it contains’.
In fact, the Argentinian pianist has had this sonata in his repertory since the start of his career and has played it extensively in concert. Many composers have taken an interest in Paganini and written variations on his famous theme: Liszt before Brahms, and Rachmaninoff and Lutosławski after him. ‘ Brahms displays exuberant invention in his Variations, which are at once highly virtuosic and very profound, and above all overflowing with imagination. Brahms gives the name “Études” to these variations which, like the études of Chopin and Liszt, go far beyond the superficially off-putting nature of the title’, concludes the pianist. ‘It’s a marvel of inventiveness!’