These late works by Brahms are like a testament. But what is this secretive man revealing to us here? Or rather, what is he still trying to hide? Hiding it until the very end, arousing in us an irresistible desire to guess what it is? Perhaps that is where the beauty of these scores lies. – Piotr Anderzewski. A short album, a selection of jewels from Brahms’ Late Piano works (Op. 116 to 119, with Op. 119 No.4 being the last piano piece Brahms ever wrote) presented in a carefully chosen order. Op. 116 to 118 represent the composer’s late piano works, written during the final decade of his life. Here we find a more mature, intimate and subtle Brahms, far removed from the roaring Romanticism of his earlier works.

Tracklist:

1. 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 1, Intermezzo in B Minor
2. 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 3, Intermezzo in C Major
3. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 1, Intermezzo in A Minor
4. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2, Intermezzo in A Major
5. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 2, Intermezzo in A Minor
6. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 3, Capriccio in G Minor
7. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 4, Intermezzo in E Major
8. 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 5, Intermezzo in E Minor
9. 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor
10. 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 4, Rhapsody in E-Flat Major
11. 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 2 in B-Flat Minor
12. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 6, Intermezzo in E-Flat Minor

UPC: 5021732988065
Label: Warner Classics
Release Date: 2.27.26
Format: CD