Intermezzi Archive
BRAHMS: Intermezzi, Rhapsodies – Francois Chaplin – Apertemusic
Brahms… in the hands of Francois Chaplin
BRAHMS: The Late Piano Works – Craig Sheppard, piano – Romeo Records
Craig Sheppard traverses the late Brahms piano music with resolve and reflection. BRAHMS: The Late Piano Works = 7 Fantasien, Op. 116; 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117; 6 Klavierstuecke, Op. 118; 4 Klavierstuecke, Op. 119 – Craig Sheppard, piano – Romeo Records 7327, 74:42 (3/18/18) [Distr. by Albany] ****: Brahms began the writing of his last […]
BRAHMS: Pieces for Piano, Intermezzi – Arkadi Volodos, piano – Sony
BRAHMS: Pieces for Piano, Op. 76: Nos 1-4; 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117; Six Pieces, OP. 118 – Arkadi Volodos, piano – Sony 88875130192, 54:10 (5/19/17) ***: In an all-Brahms program of limited duration but passionate intensity, Volodos will win admirers and possibly alienate purists. This release of Brahms piano music (2015-2017) by Russian pianist […]
SCHUMANN: Phantasie in C Major, Op. 17; BRAHMS: Ten Intermezzi – Iskander Zakirov, p. – Blue Griffin
Kindred Romantic spirits Schumann and Brahms provide the lyric and passionate content of Zakirov’s recital. SCHUMANN: Phantasie in C Major, Op. 17; BRAHMS: Ten Intermezzi – Iskander Zakirov, p. – Blue Griffin BGR 387, 64:38 (1/5/16) [Distr. by Albany] ****: Iskander Zakirov was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to a family of professional musicians. He started […]
BRAHMS: Seven Fantasias; Three Intermezzi; Six Pieces; Four Pieces – Ariel Halevy, piano – Romeo
Potent, if unsubtle, performances of late Brahms, but resonant and filled with a conviction that wins us over.
BRAHMS: Late Piano Works = Three Intermezzi; Four Intermezzi; Capriccio in F-sharp Minor; Capriccio in B Minor; Five Pieces; Intermezzo in B Minor – Gena Raps, p. – Musical Friends NY
A highly personal and consistently compelling selected survey of late Brahms, music Clara Schumann claimed to be rife with “bittersweet discord.”
KALINNIKOV: “Symphonic Works” = Symphonies Nos. 1 in g minor & 2 in A Major; Intermezzi Nos. 1 in A Major & 2 in G Major; Serenade for Strings; Nymphs; Bylina Overture; The Cedar and the Palm; “Suite;” Incidental Music to “Tsar Boris” – USSR State Academic Sym. Orch./ Evgeny Svetlanov – Melodiya (3 CDs)
A most worthwhile collection of orchestral works by this rather obscure Russian composer.
“Harp Dances” – Floradela Sacchi, harp – works of SALZEDO, GRANADOS, LECUONA, ALBENIZ & RODRIGO – Decca “If Brahms Wrote for Harp” – 11 Intermezzi & a Rhapsodie – Tisha Murvihill – self
Two entrancing solo harp CDs of interest.
BRAHMS: Complete Piano Music Vol. 3 – Late Piano Works = Fantasien, Op. 116; Drei Intermezzi, Op. 117; Klavierstücke, Op. 118; Klavierstücke, Op. 119 – Hardy Rittner, piano – MD&G
It’s instructive and pleasurable to hear these works played on instruments Brahms would have known first-hand; the quieter, gentler pieces fare best.
HANS GÁL: The Complete String Quartets = Vol. 1: Quartet No. 1 in F Minor; Quartet No. 4 in B-flat Major; Improvisation, Variations, and Finale on a Mozart Theme; Quartet No. 2 in A Minor; Quartet No. 3 in b minor; 5 Intermezzi – Edinburgh Q. – Meridian
It’s good to see Hans Gál getting more of the attention he deserves these days.
BRAHMS: 7 Fantasien, Op. 116; 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117; Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56b – Christopher Atzinger, piano/Kathryn Ananda-Owens, piano – MSR Classics
Strong, assertive late Brahms mixed with his innate classicism and poetic reticence in a rewarding recital from Christopher Atzinger.
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