The Best of Brahms

The Best of Johannes Brahms
Tracklist:

0:00:00 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108: I. Allegro
0:08:27 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108: II. Adagio
Marie-Annick Nicolas, Andrea Bonatta

0:12:49 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83: III. Andante
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund, François-Frédéric Guy

0:23:51 Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38: I. Allegro non troppo
0:37:03 Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38: II. Allegro quasi minuetto
0:42:29 Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99: II. Adagio affettuoso
0:48:59 Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99: IV. Allegro molto
Peter Bruns, Olga Tverskaya

0:53:10 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 1 in G minor, Allegro molto
0:55:54 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in F-sharp minor, Allegro
0:58:10 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 21 in E minor, Vivace
0:59:54 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 1 in B major, Tempo giusto
1:00:44 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 2 in E major
1:02:01 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 3 in G-sharp minor
1:02:34 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 15 in A-flat major
Jean-François Heisser, Marie-Josèphe Jude

1:04:08 Piano Sonata No. 3: II. Andante
1:16:10 Piano Sonata No. 3: IV. Intermezzo
Andrea Bonata

1:19:30 Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen
1:28:33 Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: IV. Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen
Accentus, Laurence Equilbey, Brigitte Engerer, Boris Berezovsky

1:33:38 Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4
Altinoglu Alain, Nora Gubisch

1:35:22 Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40: I. Andante
1:42:48 Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40: II. Scherzo. Allegro
1:50:12 Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40: III. Adagio mesto
1:57:26 Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40: IV. Finale. Allegro con brio
André Cazalet, Guy Comentale, Cyril Huvé

2:03:50 Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: I. Allegro non troppo
2:19:30 Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: II. Adagio non troppo
2:28:29 Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: III. Allegretto grazioso
2:33:56 Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: IV. Allegro con spirito
Orchestre National de France, Charles Munch

Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the "Three Bs" of music, a comment originally made by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von Bülow.

Brahms composed for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, organ, voice, and chorus. A virtuoso pianist, he premiered many of his own works. He worked with leading performers of his time, including the pianist Clara Schumann and the violinist Joseph Joachim (the three were close friends). Many of his works have become staples of the modern concert repertoire.

Brahms has been considered both a traditionalist and an innovator, by his contemporaries and by later writers. His music is rooted in the structures and compositional techniques of the Classical masters. Embedded within those structures are deeply Romantic motifs. While some contemporaries found his music to be overly academic, his contribution and craftsmanship were admired by subsequent figures as diverse as Arnold Schoenberg and Edward Elgar. The detailed construction of Brahms's works was a starting point and an inspiration for a generation of composers.

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