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Elisabeth Leonskaja - Brahms: Piano Works, Op. 116-119 (2006)

Elisabeth Leonskaja - Brahms: Piano Works, Op. 116-119 (2006)

BAND/ARTIST: Elisabeth Leonskaja

  • Title: Brahms: Piano Works, Op. 116-119
  • Year Of Release: 2006
  • Label: Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG)
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
  • Total Time: 01:20:55
  • Total Size: 230 mb
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Tracklist

01. Fantaises, Op. 116: I. Capriccio. Presto energico
02. Fantaises, Op. 116: II. Intermezzo. Andante
03. Fantaises, Op. 116: III. Capriccio. Allegro passionato
04. Fantaises, Op. 116: IV. Intermezzo. Adagio
05. Fantaises, Op. 116: V. Intermezzo. Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento
06. Fantaises, Op. 116: VI. Intermezzo. Andantino teneramente
07. Fantaises, Op. 116: VII. Capriccio. Allegro agitato
08. Intermezzi, Op. 117: I. Andante moderato
09. Intermezzi, Op. 117: II. Andante non troppo e con molta espressione
10. Intermezzi, Op. 117: III. Andante con moto
11. Piano Pieces, Op. 118: I. Intermezzo. Allegro non assai, ma molto appassionato
12. Piano Pieces, Op. 118: II. Intermezzo. Andante teneramente
13. Piano Pieces, Op. 118: III. Ballade. Allegro energico
14. Piano Pieces, Op. 118: IV. Intermezzo. Allegretto un poco agitato
15. Piano Pieces, Op. 118: V. Romanze. Andante
16. Piano Pieces, Op. 118: VI. Intermezzo. Andante, largo e mesto
17. Piano Pieces, Op. 119: I. Intermezzo. Adagio
18. Piano Pieces, Op. 119: II. Intermezzo. Andantino un poco agitato
19. Piano Pieces, Op. 119: III. Intermezzo. Grazioso e giocoso
20. Piano Pieces, Op. 119: IV. Rhapsodie. Allegro risoluto

Give us that old-time Brahms playing! Give us playing full of tempo rubato and rolled chords, of intimate pleasures and big gestures, of heroic tragedy and aching nostalgia. Real old-time Brahms playing, naturally, also includes some slipped notes, a few smudged textures, and a lot of pedaling. Think of Backhaus or Kempff's Brahms -- rich, thick, deep, and occasionally a bit cloudy but always wonderfully soulful -- that's old-time Brahms piano playing.
Elisabeth Leonskaja gives us that old-time Brahms playing in this recital of all four sets of the composer's late piano works. She pushes forward and pulls back but never violates the music's heartbeat. She rolls the big left-hand chords but is always in support of the right hand's flowing melodies. She lets the inner voices sing but never fails to let the big climaxes ring. She comprehends that the soul of the music is in its dark despair but understands that the spirit of the music is in its consoling love. Of course, Leonskaja can't help but slip some notes -- every once in awhile her left-hand octaves go awry -- can't help but smudge some phrases -- every now and again her right hand will smear a line. And, of course, she can't help but sometimes lean hard on the sustain pedal -- but that's been a tendency among Brahms' players ever since Brahms' himself. Although Radu Lupu and Paul Badura-Skoda have both recorded magnificent performances of these works, anyone who loves old-time Brahms playing will have to hear Leonskaja's recording. Musik Dabringhaus und Grimm's sound is perhaps a bit too close and a little too clangorous, but that only makes it all the more potent and powerful.



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