Brahms: Late Piano Works, Opp. 116-119 Paul Lewis

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1997): 7 Fantasies, Op. 116:
• 1 Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 1, Capriccio in D Minor. Presto energico 02:39
• 2 Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 2, Intermezzo in A Minor. Andante 03:38
• 3 Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 3, Capriccio in G Minor. Allegro passionato 03:28
• 4 Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 4, Intermezzo in E Major. Adagio 04:22
• 5 Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 5, Intermezzo in E Minor. Andante con grazia ed intimassimo sentimento 03:06
• 6 Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 6, Intermezzo in E Major. Andantino teneramente 03:02
• 7 Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 7, Capriccio in D Minor. Allegro agitato 02:35
• 3 intermezzi, Op. 117:
• 8 Brahms: 3 intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 1, Intermezzo in E-Flat Major. Andante moderato 05:06
• 9 Brahms: 3 intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 2, Intermezzo in B-Flat Minor. Andante non troppo e con molto espressione 04:47
• 10 Brahms: 3 intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 3, Intermezzo in C-Sharp Minor. Andante con moto 05:59
• 6 Pieces, Op. 118:
• 11 Brahms: 6 Pieces, Op. 118: No. 1, Intermezzo in A Minor. Allegro non assai, ma molto appassionato 01:51
• 12 Brahms: 6 Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2, Intermezzo in A Major. Andante teneramente 05:27
• 13 Brahms: 6 Pieces, Op. 118: No. 3, Ballade in G Minor. Allegro energico 03:25
• 14 Brahms: 6 Pieces, Op. 118: No. 4, Intermezzo in F Minor. Allegretto un poco agitato 02:48
• 15 Brahms: 6 Pieces, Op. 118: No. 5, Romanze in F Major. Andante 03:47
• 16 Brahms: 6 Pieces, Op. 118: No. 6, Intermezzo in E-Flat Minor. Andante, largo e mesto 05:20
• 17 Brahms: 4 Pieces, Op. 119: No. 1, Intermezzo in B Minor. Adagio 03:18
• 18 Brahms: 4 Pieces, Op. 119: No. 2, Intermezzo in E Minor. Andantino un poco agitato 05:24
• 19 Brahms: 4 Pieces, Op. 119: No. 3, Intermezzo in C Major. Grazioso e giocoso 01:46
• 20 Brahms: 4 Pieces, Op. 119: No. 4, Rhapsody in E-Flat Major. Allegro risoluto 05:16
• Total Runtime 01:17:04

Info for Brahms: Late Piano Works, Opp. 116-119

Paul Lewis explores the world of late Brahms. The old master, far from growing more sedate, deploys a palette of infinite colours and sensibilities in his last four collections for solo piano.

By turns tender and dazzling, intimate and tempestuous, these pieces appear to us as their composer’s final confidences, entrusted to a crepuscular diary.

Paul Lewis, piano

Paul Lewis
is internationally regarded as one of the leading musicians of his generation. His recent cycles of core piano works by Beethoven and Schubert have received unanimous critical and public acclaim worldwide, and consolidated his reputation as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of the central European classical repertoire. His numerous awards have included the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist of the Year, two Edison awards, three Gramophone awards, the Diapason D'or de l'Annee, the Preis Der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Premio Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana, and the South Bank Show Classical Music award. In 2009 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Southampton.

He performs regularly as soloist with the world's great orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, London Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony, NHK Symphony, New York Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, and the Royal Concertgebouw, Tonhalle Zurich, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Philharmonia, and Mahler Chamber Orchestras, in collaboration with such conductors as Sir Colin Davis, Stephane Deneve, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Bernard Haitink, Pablo Heras-Casado, Daniel Harding, Paavo Järvi, Sir Charles Mackerras, Andris Nelsons, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Robin Ticciati. He is also a frequent guest at the world's most prestigious festivals, including Lucerne, Mostly Mozart (New York), Tanglewood, Schubertiade, Salzburg, Edinburgh, La Roque d’Antheron, Rheingau, Klavier Festival Ruhr, and London’s BBC Proms where in 2010 he became the first pianist to perform a complete Beethoven piano concerto cycle in one season.

Paul Lewis’ recital career takes him to venues such as London's Royal Festival Hall, Alice Tully and Carnegie Hall in New York, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Berlin Philharmonie and Konzerthaus, Tonhalle Zurich, Palau de Musica Barcelona, Oji Hall in Tokyo, Melbourne’s Recital Centre, and the Sydney Opera House.

His multi-award winning discography for Harmonia Mundi includes the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, concertos, and the Diabelli Variations, Liszt’s B minor Sonata and other late works, and all of Schubert’s major piano works from the last six years of his life, including the 3 song cycles with tenor Mark Padmore. Future recording plans include the Brahms D minor piano concerto with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Daniel Harding, and solo works by Mussorgsky and Schumann.

Paul Lewis studied with Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London before going on to study privately with Alfred Brendel. Along with his wife the Norwegian cellist Bjørg Lewis, he is artistic director of Midsummer Music, an annual chamber music festival held in Buckinghamshire, UK

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