BRAHMS Solo Piano Works Vol 4
View record and artist detailsRecord and Artist Details
Composer or Director: Johannes Brahms
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 05/2015
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 83
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: CHAN10857
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Sonata for Piano No. 1 |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Barry Douglas, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer |
(4) Ballades, Movement: D minor (Edward) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Barry Douglas, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer |
(8) Pieces, Movement: No. 1, Capriccio in F sharp minor |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Barry Douglas, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer |
(8) Pieces, Movement: No. 2, Capriccio in B minor |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Barry Douglas, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer |
(8) Pieces, Movement: No. 6, Intermezzo in A |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Barry Douglas, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer |
(3) Pieces, Movement: No. 3, Intermezzo in C sharp minor |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Barry Douglas, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer |
(4) Pieces, Movement: No. 2, Intermezzo in E minor |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Barry Douglas, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer |
(28) Variations on a Theme by Paganini |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Barry Douglas, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer |
Variations on a Theme by R. Schumann |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Barry Douglas, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer |
Author: Jed Distler
Conversely, Douglas comes fully alive throughout the C major Sonata. His proportioned rubatos in the first movement’s second theme and broodingly sustained Andante imbue the unwieldy textures with colour and variety. The Scherzo’s sharply pointed rhythms and the finale’s hair-trigger chordal leaps also reveal Douglas on top of his technical and musical game.
In Op 117 No 3 and Op 119 No 2 the pianist favours mass over line, although the three Op 76 selections and D minor ‘Edward’ Ballade achieve genuine chamber-like interaction from one register to another. Full-bodied pianism and tightly unified (yet never rigid) tempo relationships give the Op 9 Schumann Variations distinction; notice, for example, how Douglas’s long-lined sweep in the penultimate variation radically differs from Oleg Marshev’s protracted tempo and exploratory inner voices (Danacord, 12/05). Recommended, except for the Paganini Variations.
Explore the world’s largest classical music catalogue on Apple Music Classical.
Included with an Apple Music subscription. Download now.
Gramophone Digital Club
- Digital Edition
- Digital Archive
- Reviews Database
- Events & Offers
From £9.20 / month
SubscribeGramophone Club
- Print Edition
- Digital Edition
- Digital Archive
- Reviews Database
- Events & Offers
From £11.45 / month
Subscribe
If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription to Gramophone please click here for further information.