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this one of my most favorite pieces i have heard ever, how can anybody reach such depths of tenderness and human devotion for the loved one? These generation of romantic composers touched the earth only once, and their miracle will never be repeated again: Brahms, Chopin, Schubert, Schumann et al
are verily stars shining on forever, as long as humanity keeps and guards them as a most cherished treasure.
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo No. 1 in E-flat Major Op.117 Play
Recorded on 06/08/2005, uploaded on 03/01/2009
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Three Intermezzi Op. 117 Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo No. 1 in E-flat Major Op. 117
The three Intermezzi Op.117 were composed in 1892, when Brahms was entering his sixties, and was less concerned with piano virtuosity. With a preference for ternary design, placing a contrasting section at the heart of the piece, Brahms comes fresh to each one, molding it according to its own musical flavor. The first Intermezzo is headed with a brief quotation from a Scottish lullaby as translated by Herder, although its character as a lullaby could not be in doubt. The other two Intermezzi-the third especially-have a more melancholy air. Brahms' deft sleight of hand may be observed in the second piece, where the fragmented, broken shape of the opening is transformed into a smooth chordal passage in the middle as if it were a quite new idea. Lucille Chung
More music by Johannes Brahms
Ballade No. 3 in b minor, Allegro, Op. 10
Piano Trio No. 3 in c minor, Op. 101
Ballade No. 4 in B major, Andante con moto, Op. 10
Intermezzo No. 2 in A Major, from Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2
Variations on a theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (Joachim cadenza)
Intermezzo in E Major, Op. 116, No. 4, from Seven Fantasies
Scherzo for Violin and Piano in c minor, WoO posth. 2 (from F.A.E. Sonata)
Capriccio in c-sharp minor, from Eight piano pieces, Op. 76
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Intermezzo No. 2 in b-flat minor Op.117
Etude “En Suspens,” from Book Two
Hungarian Rhapsody No.13
Tango No. 2
Libertango
Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in C Major KV. 521
Six Waltzes from Op. 39
Prelude Op.11, No.1
Milonga del Angel
Prelude Op.11, No.21
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