Brahms - Fantasies (7 piano pieces), Op. 116
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Instrumental » Piano Solos
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He is tender in op. 118/2 and powerful on op. 118/3. Op. 116/4 sings, and op. 117/2 is delicate, with a lovely touch. In several of these works—op. 116/5 and 6, and op. 117/1, for example—Brahms’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2020, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Brahms: Piano Concertos & Solo Piano Op. 116-119
RecommendedIgor Levit (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Levit’s utterly compelling accounts of the late sets are the more impressive element in this collection. He does not put a foot wrong in any of them; each piece is perfectly shaped, its subtly... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Concerto
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Paul Lewis conveys the music’s intimate nature admirably, and he’s also well attuned to the obverse side of Brahms - the intense passion of such pieces as the first of the Opp. 116 and 118 series…these... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st January 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Steering a balanced course between imaginative vitality and warmth on one side and resigned melancholy on the other can be difficult, but Nicholas Angelich manages it with a kind of panache.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, Instrumental Choice
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Building A Library, June 2026, Top Choice - Opp. 116-119
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Plowright’s account of [the First Sonata] indeed feels like a revelation. Its reference to the opening of Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata here appears exploratory, the sound dry but sweet,... —
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The booklet-notes make reference to the original Gramophone review, in which Gilels and Jochum were praised for 'a rapt songfulness that in no way detracts from Brahms's heroism, and so comes... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Brahms: Solo & Duet Piano Music
RecommendedWalter Klien (piano), Alfred Brendel (piano), Beatriz Klein (piano)
this collection makes an admirable way to explore Brahms's most familiar and rewarding piano repertoire. Klien's performance of the F minor Sonata is unsurpassed, with all the spontaneous buoyancy... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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