Classics Explained: BRAHMS - Piano Concerto No. 2 (Siepmann)

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897, Composer.

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2001.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Introduction; opening horn call and piano's answer ( 01 min., 50 sec. ) / Brahms

Rising three-note scalewise pattern ( 25 sec. ) / Brahms

Quicker, descending six-note 'answer' ( 18 sec. ) / Brahms

Second, answering phrase ( 32 sec. ) / Brahms

First Main Theme completed by orchestra ( 50 sec. ) / Brahms

Peace shattered as piano bursts back in like a tiger ( 01 min., 24 sec. ) / Brahms

Variant of opening horn call in bass ( 19 sec. ) / Brahms

Orchestra returns; beginning of Exposition proper ( 02 min., 25 sec. ) / Brahms

Big, 'singing' theme in orchestra; piano 'forgotten' ( 41 sec. ) / Brahms

Call to arms by strings; marshalling of orchestral forces ( 01 min., 03 sec. ) / Brahms

Piano re-enters fry with massive expansion of opening figure ( 48 sec. ) / Brahms

Piano 'explores' two main facets of opening theme ( 45 sec. ) / Brahms

Transition. sense of key weakened. Piano and orchestra come together ( 01 min., 07 sec. ) / Brahms

Piano and orchestra 'argue' over speed of thematic three-note rise ( 41 sec. ) / Brahms

Piano and orchestra in friendly dialogue before piano falls away ( 01 min., 28 sec. ) / Brahms

'Winged' harmonic shadow of pure pianistic tone-colour ( 45 sec. ) / Brahms

New 'transitional' theme from orchestra developed by piano ( 01 min., 51 sec. ) / Brahms

After indecision and discussion, the mood suddenly turns playful ( 26 sec. ) / Brahms

Reminder of Second Main Theme in its original form ( 43 sec. ) / Brahms

Ttransfomation of Second Main Theme by piano ( 40 sec. ) / Brahms

Piano hijacks orchestra's 'call to arms' ( 43 sec. ) / Brahms

Piano and orchestra, now allies, explore theme, but with piano leading ( 01 min., 08 sec. ) / Brahms

Dramatic eruption of orchestra leads to the Development section ( 01 min., 13 sec. ) / Brahms

Pianistic 'tiger' replaced by gentle reflective, soft-spoken poet ( 30 sec. ) / Brahms

Transformed 'tiger' theme amicably shared by piano and orchestra ( 44 sec. ) / Brahms

An apparently new theme - but Battlle Hymn of the Republic? ( 41 sec. ) / Brahms

Brief, downward-driving section prepares for the Recapitulation ( 54 sec. ) / Brahms

On the threshold of the Recapitulation ( 54 sec. ) / Brahms

Recapitulation: The Magical Return ( 01 min., 06 sec. ) / Brahms

From Gate-crashing Tiger to Celestial Tenderness - and a surprise ( 01 min., 17 sec. ) / Brahms

And unexpected and portentus change of mood, suggesting tragedy ( 01 min., 01 sec. ) / Brahms

Summation ( 30 sec. ) / Brahms

First Movement (Complete) ( 17 min., 16 sec. ) / Brahms

Second Movement: The upward-driving opening gambit, piano alone ( 13 sec. ) / Brahms

Downward-driving answer from lower strings ( 27 sec. ) / Brahms

Theme vs Melody ( 58 sec. ) / Brahms

Eerie, unharmonised, 'white' sound of Second Theme ( 45 sec. ) / Brahms

Second Theme taken up and developed by piano ( 01 min., 25 sec. ) / Brahms

Expectation and surprise; harmonic fluidity and intensifying drama ( 01 min., 40 sec. ) / Brahms

Return (and transformation) of Theme Two ( 41 sec. ) / Brahms

Theme One returns in orchestra; Theme Three emerges in major mode ( 01 min. ) / Brahms

Sequence of fragmentary episodes begins with unexpected fanfare ( 58 sec. ) / Brahms

Variant of Theme Three in piano ( 36 sec. ) / Brahms

Rescored variant of 'fanfare' theme; from grandeur to solemnity ( 21 sec. ) / Brahms

Rhapsodic variant of fanfare, this time for piano alone ( 24 sec. ) / Brahms

Recapitulation of opening, with piano and orchestra reversing roles ( 01 min., 07 sec. ) / Brahms

Theme Two transformed by new instrumentation ( 36 sec. ) / Brahms

Cue and Second Movement (Complete) ( 09 min., 23 sec. ) / Brahms

Introduction, cue and First Main Theme ( 01 min., 53 sec. ) / Brahms

Theme One taken up by strings and solo oboe; piano's entry ( 01 min., 20 sec. ) / Brahms

Complex variant of Theme One with very different speed and rhythm ( 42 sec. ) / Brahms

Orchestra and piano in mixed variants of Theme One, now intensified ( 01 min., 10 sec. ) / Brahms

Theme Two, hushed and 'tuneless', with piano, clarinets and strings ( 01 min., 28 sec. ) / Brahms

Oboe Theme returns, now delicately embroidered by the piano ( 46 sec. ) / Brahms

Cue and Third Movement (Complete) ( 11 min., 50 sec. ) / Brahms

Finale: Introduction, cue and Main Theme ( 57 sec. ) / Brahms

Violins take up tune, with winds and piano accompanying ( 24 sec. ) / Brahms

Piano introduces Part 2 of the main theme ( 37 sec. ) / Brahms

Part 3 of the theme, led by piano, in 'fiercely' self-confident mood ( 54 sec. ) / Brahms

First Episode, Part 1 ( 47 sec. ) / Brahms

First Episode, Part 2 ( 23 sec. ) / Brahms

Piano hands theme over to clarinets and bassoons ( 15 sec. ) / Brahms

First Episode, Part 3, in piano, first; then flutes and oboes ( 40 sec. ) / Brahms

Strings and flutes take theme, with bubbling commentary from piano ( 28 sec. ) / Brahms

Tipsy dancers (piano and winds) return, tiring; strings take over ( 38 sec. ) / Brahms

In the central Episode, the orchestra throws down a dramatic challenge ( 28 sec. ) / Brahms

... to which the piano duly responds with a stormy outburst ( 10 sec. ) / Brahms

Piano kick-starts run-up to final section in a variant of the main theme ( 41 sec. ) / Brahms

Orchestra sets off on jaunty march, later joined by the piano ( 25 sec. ) / Brahms

Piano propels orchestra into final section ( 46 sec. ) / Brahms

Summation and cue to the movement as a whole ( 22 sec. ) / Brahms

Finale (Complete) ( 09 minutes, 08 sec. ) / Brahms

Participant:

Siepmann, Jeremy, Artist -- Brahms, Johannes, Composer

Notes:

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Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

0636943803028

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.