The Genius of the Young Brahms
LabelRomeo Records
Year2020
Designed as a counterpart to Sheppard’s recording of Brahms’s late piano works, this three-disc set focuses on music written during the composer’s youth. The collection includes sonatas, variations, and character pieces, showing how Brahms’s early writing already combined formidable virtuosity, structural ambition, Romantic intensity, and a deep engagement with earlier musical traditions. The performances were drawn from Sheppard’s Mostly Brahms concert series at Meany Theater.
Tracks
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Thema-Ziemlich langsam, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 1, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 2 - Poco piu moto, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 3 - Tempo di tema, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 4 = Poco piu moto, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variaition 5 - Allegro capriccioso, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 6 - Allegro, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 7 - Andante, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 8 - Andante, non troppo lento, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 9 - Schnell, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 10 - Poco Adagio, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 11 - Un poco piu animato, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 12 - Allegretto, poco scherzando, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 13 - Non troppo Presto, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 14 - Andante, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 15 - Poco Adagio - Adagio, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9: Variation 16 - Adagio, Op. 9
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 21/1: Thema larghetto - molto espressivo e legato, Op. 21/1
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 21, No. 1: Variation 1 - molto piano e legato, Op. 21, No. 1
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 21/1: Variation 2 - Piu moto - piano, espressivo, Op. 21/1
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 21/1: Variation 3 - piano, dolce, Op. 21/1
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on an Original Theme, Op;. 21/1: Variation 4 - piano, dolce, Op. 21/1
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 21/1: Variation 5 - Tempo di tema - molto dolce, Op. 21/1
- Johannes Brahms: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 21/1: Variation 6 - Oiu moto - espressivo, Op. 21/1