Wyneke Jordans & Leo Van Doeselaar – Brahms: Works for Piano Four-Hands (2021) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Johannes Brahms composed only a small number of original works for piano four hands, but arranged almost all of his chamber music and orchestral works for this instrumentation. He played most of them immediately after their completion with Clara Schumann and greatly appreciated her opinion.

In his Hungarian Dances Brahms brilliantly transformed original Hungarian melodies and rhythms into multi-coloured orchestral works. The Blüthner grand piano from 1867 shows how Brahms made perfect use of the entire keyboard in his writing for four hands. The various registers appear completely transparent and clear. It is not generally known that Brahms was a great admirer and friend of Johann Strauss. And he loved waltzes! Thus Brahms also created an instrumental version of his Liebeslieder-Walzer for piano four hands.

Robert Schumann’s last theme, which he wrote for his so-called “Ghost Variations” immediately before being admitted to a mental hospital, is used by Brahms in his homage to Schumann, which was written immediately after his death in 1856: the Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23 for piano four hands, which ends with an impressive funeral march.

For the piano duo Wyneke Jordans & Leo van Doeselaar it was an obvious choice to conclude their series with recordings of four-handed piano works by great German composers on period instruments with Brahms.

Details of original recording : Recording : | Studio 1 Muziekcentrum van de Omroep, Hilversum (NL), 19–21 May 2020

Tracklist:
1. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 1 in G Minor (Allegro molto) (03:19)
2. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 2 in D Minor (Allegro non assai) (03:14)
3. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 3 in F Major (Allegretto) (02:03)
4. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 4 in F Minor (Poco sostenuto) (03:47)
5. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor (Allegro) (02:36)
6. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in E-Flat Major, Op. 23: Thema (Leise und innig) (01:42)
7. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in E-Flat Major, Op. 23: Variation I (L’istesso tempo Andante molto moderato) (01:26)
8. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in E-Flat Major, Op. 23: Variation II (01:26)
9. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in E-Flat Major, Op. 23: Variation III (01:39)
10. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in E-Flat Major, Op. 23: Variation IV (01:40)
11. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in E-Flat Major, Op. 23: Variation V (Poco più animato) (00:58)
12. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in E-Flat Major, Op. 23: Variation VI (Allegro non troppo) (01:17)
13. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in E-Flat Major, Op. 23: Variation VII (Con moto. L’istesso tempo) (01:13)
14. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in E-Flat Major, Op. 23: Variation VIII (Poco più vivo) (00:49)
15. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in E-Flat Major, Op. 23: Variation IX (01:52)
16. Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in E-Flat Major, Op. 23: Variation X (Molto moderato, alla marcia) (03:23)
17. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 1 (Im Ländler-Tempo) (01:14)
18. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 2 (00:42)
19. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 3 (01:13)
20. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 4 (00:45)
21. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 5 (01:26)
22. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 6 (Grazioso) (02:21)
23. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 7 (01:17)
24. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 8 (01:16)
25. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 9 (02:05)
26. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 10 (00:50)
27. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 11 (00:55)
28. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 12 (00:43)
29. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 13 (00:49)
30. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 14 (00:54)
31. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 15 (01:07)
32. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 16 (Lebhaft) (01:12)
33. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 17 (Mit Ausdruck) (02:14)
34. Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a: No. 18 (Lebhaft) (01:15)
35. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 8 in A Minor (Presto) (02:53)
36. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 11 in D Minor (Poco andante) (02:44)
37. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 13 in D Major (Andantino grazioso) (01:48)

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