Leopoldo Erice - Brahms: Op. 116, 117, 118 & 119 - Voyages (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 1, Capriccio. Presto energico
02. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 2, Intermezzo. Andante
03. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 3, Capriccio. Allegro passionato
04. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 4, Intermezzo. Adagio
05. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 5, Intermezzo. Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento
06. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 6, Intermezzo. Andantino teneramente
07. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 7, Capriccio. Allegro agitato
08. 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 1, Andante moderato
09. 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 2, Andante non troppo e con molta espressione
10. 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 3, Andante con moto
11. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 1, Intermezzo. Allegro non assai, ma molto appassionato
12. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2, Intermezzo. Andante teneramente
13. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 3, Ballade. Allegro energico
14. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 4, Intermezzo. Allegretto un poco agitato
15. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 5, Romanze. Andante
16. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 6, Intermezzo. Andante, largo e mesto
17. 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 1, Intermezzo. Adagio
18. 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 2, Intermezzo. Andantino un poco agitato
19. 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 3, Intermezzo. Grazioso e giocoso
20. 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 4, Rhapsodie. Allegro risoluto

Embark on a series of Voyages through the late solo piano music of Brahms with pianist Leopoldo Erice as your guide. Brahms has been Erice's treasured travelling companion throughout his life, from growing up in Spain to travelling as a musician. He has chosen to perform the music of Brahms at key moments in his life - from celebration to loss - and feels a particular kinship with these later works, which are increasingly recognised as miniature masterpieces for their extraordinary structural integration and harmonic subtlety. Erice refers to Brahms's late piano works as miniatures with a symphonic soul, explaining in the album booklet: It's as though in his later years he stripped away everything nonessential, committing only the purest essence of his music to the page. The album features the Seven Fantasies, Op. 116, the intimate Three Intermezzi, Op. 117, and the two sets of piano pieces Opp. 118 and 119. These are works that in their relatively brief duration distil the essence of late Brahms: at once forward-looking and valedictory, introspective and daring, reflecting his remarkable imagination in all its rich complexity.

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