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Brahms' best set of variations for piano?

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curious in your opinion what favourites?

  • 9 months later...

Hello, i think my brahms fav is his 51 exersises for piano, the idea for variations is omnious enough.😃

I don't know much of Brahms's Piano variations at all but I like his Variations on a Theme by Schumann, op.9 since I like the double variation plan and do study it. His Variations on a Theme by Handel is freaking difficult however.

Which one is your favourite though @Gyugcac??

 

Henry


 

The 42a and 42b is my favorite, here is the youtube link so you may have a listen. I think Brahms was hitting on some sort of cosmic idea yet on a very mature level.

Hello again, my fave of the Brahms Schumann variations is the 12th, but also the 14th. As well as the 15th which is very similar to Ennio Morricone’s Playing love from the movie The legend of 1900. Overall these variations are very profound.

 

Playing love:

 

Edited by Rimmer347

29 minutes ago, Rimmer347 said:

Hello again, my fave of the Brahms Schumann variations is the 12th, but also the 14th. As well as the 15th which is very similar to Ennio Morricone’s Playing love from the movie The legend of 1900. Overall these variations are very profound.

Those canonic variations are amazing since they are strict but at the same time very romantic and touching instead of calculating the intervals!

I guess many ways to produce a cohesive & substantial musical output. Thanks Henri!

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