Browse: Brahms - Fantasies (7 piano pieces), Op. 116
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833–97)Genres:
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... — More…
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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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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... — More…
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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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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... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Vinnitskaya conveys [the transcription of Bach’s Chaconne] with all the conviction, line and power that it needs, everything balanced and well modulated. Elsewhere, with her emphasis on clarity... — More…
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Brahms: The Piano Concertos & Fantasien Op. 116 Emil Gilels (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum
Titanic performances that underline the structural integrity of these massive works, but also alive to their poetic heart. — More…
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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.... — More…
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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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Brahms - Horn Trio
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (Sleeping Beauty Stradivarius 1704), Alexander Melnikov (1857 Bösendorfer piano) & Teunis van der Zwart (Lorenz Waldhorn 1845)
It's a superb version of the piece by any standard, the slow movements absolutely saturated in intense Romantic melancholy but fleet and agile in scherzo and finale. Faust and Melnikov and scarcely... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2021, Also Recommended
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Laloum is a noted chamber player, but this recording is a reminder of his solo excellence...The Op. 116 Fantasien are gorgeously played, Laloum making the most of the huge landscape they inhabit. — More…
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This is altogether very impressive playing, capturing all the intimacy of the pieces which Brahms labelled as Intermezzos, as well as the drama and urgency of the more outward-going Capriccios…What... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, Instrumental Choice
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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... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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