Name: Viral Introduction to Brahms: Piano Concerto 2
Brand: Jeremy Siepmann
SKU: SK0527059-US20260105-083122
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DISC: 1

1. Introduction; Opening Horn Call And Piano’s Answer

2. Rising Three-note Scalewise Pattern

3. Quicker, Descending Six-note ‘Answer’

4. Second ‘Answering’ Phrase

5. First Main Theme Completed By Orchestra

6. Peace Shattered As Piano Bursts Back In Like A Tiger

7. Variant Of Opening Horn Call In Bass

8. Orchestra Returns, Beginning Of Exposition Proper

9. Big, ‘Singing’ Theme In Orchestra; Piano ‘Forgotten’

10. Call To Arms By Strings; Marshalling Of Orchestral Forces

11. Piano Re-enters Fray With Massive Expansion Of Opening Figure

12. Piano ‘Explores’ Two Main Facets Of Opening Theme

13. Transition. Sense Of Key Weakened. Piano And Orchestra Come Toge

14. Piano And Orchestra ‘Argue’ Over Speed Of Thematic Three-note Ri

15. Piano And Orchestra In Friendly Dialogue Before Piano Falls Away

16. ‘Winged’ Harmonic Shadow Of Pure Pianistic Tone-Colour

17. New ‘Transitional’ Theme From Orchestra Developed By Piano

18. After Indecision And Discussion, The Mood Suddenly Turns Playful

19. Reminder Of Second Main Theme In It’s Original Form

20. Transformation Of Second Main Theme By Piano

21. Piano Hijacks Orchestra’s ‘Call To Arms’ (First Heard In Track 1

22. Piano And Orchestra, Now Allies, Explore Theme, But With Piano L

23. Dramatic Eruption Of Orchestra Leads To The Development Section

24. Pianistic ‘Tiger’ Replaced By Gentle, Reflective, Soft-spoken Po

25. Transformed ‘Tiger’ Theme Amicably Shared By Piano And Orchestra

26. An Apparently New Theme – But Battle Hymn Of The Republic?

27. Brief, Downward-driving Section Prepares For The Recapitulation

28. On The Threshold Of The Recapitulation

29. Recapitulation: The Magical Return

30. From Gate-crashing Tiger To Celestial Tenderness – And A Surpris

31. An Unexpected And Portentous Change Of Mood, Suggesting Tragedy

32. Summation

33. First Movement (Complete)

34. Second Movement: The Upward-driving Opening Gambit, Piano Alone

35. Downward-driving Answer From Lower Strings (Violas, Cellos, Bass

36. Theme Vs Melody

37. Eerie, Unharmonised, ‘White’ Sound Of Second Theme

38. Second Theme Taken Up And Developed By Piano

39. Expectation And Surprise; Harmonic Fluidity And Intensifying Dra

40. Return (And Transformation) Of Theme Two

41. Theme One Returns In Orchestra; Theme Three Emerges In Major Mod

42. Sequence Of Fragmentary Episodes Begins With Unexpected Fanfare

43. Variant Of Theme Three In Piano (Diabolical Piano Octaves)

44. Rescored Variant Of ‘Fanfare’ Theme; From Grandeur To Solemnity

45. Rhapsodic Variant Of Fanfare, This Time For Piano Alone

46. Recapitulation Of Opening, With Piano And Orchestra Reversing Ro

47. Theme Two Transformed By New Instrumentation

48. Cue And Second Movement (Complete)

DISC: 2

1. Introduction, Cue And First Main Theme

2. Theme One Taken Up By Strings And Solo Oboe; Piano’s Entry

3. Complex Variant Of Theme One With Very Different Speed And Rhyth

4. Orchestra And Piano In Mixed Variants Of Theme One, Now Intensif

5. Theme Two, Hushed And ‘Tuneless’, With Piano, Clarinets And Stri

6. Oboe Theme Returns, Now Delicately Embroidered By The Piano

7. Cue And Third Movement (Complete)

8. Finale: Introduction, Cue And Main Theme

9. Violins Take Up Tune, With Winds And Piano Accompanying

10. Piano Introduces Part 2 Of The Main Theme

11. Part 3 Of The Theme, Led By Piano, In ‘Fiercely’ Self-confident

12. First Episode, Part 1

13. First Episode, Part 2

14. Piano Hands Theme Over To Clarinets And Bassoons

15. First Episode, Part 3, In Piano, First; Then Flutes And Oboes

16. Strings And Flutes Take Theme, With Bubbling Commentary From Pia

17. Tipsy Dancers (Piano And Winds) Return, Tiring; Strings Take Ove

18. In The Central Episode, The Orchestra Throws Down A Dramatic Cha

19. …To Which The Piano Duly Responds With A Stormy Outburst

20. Piano Kick-starts Run-up To Final Section In A Variant Of The Ma

21. Orchestra Sets Off On A Jaunty March, Later Joined By The Piano

22. Piano Propels Orchestra Into Final Section

23. Summation And Cue To The Movement As A Whole

24. Finale (Complete)

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There is perhaps no great piano concerto grander than the Brahms B Flat. With the spaciousness of a symphony, the drama of an opera, the intimacy of a lullaby and the intertwining raptures of the greatest love songs. It touches on almost every emotion with extraordinary immediacy and power. It’s virtuosity is spell-binding, yet always substantial.