Johannes Brahms Walter Klien - Brahms Fantasies Intermezzi Piano Pieces (20 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Johannes Brahms, Walter Klien
Brahms: Fantasies; Intermezzi; Piano Pieces
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Fantasias (7) for piano, Op. 116: No.1, Capriccio in D minor
2. Fantasias (7) for piano, Op. 116: No.2, Intermezzo in A minor
3. Fantasias (7) for piano, Op. 116: No.3, Capriccio in G minor
4. Fantasias (7) for piano, Op. 116: No.4, Intermezzo in E minor
5. Fantasias (7) for piano, Op. 116: No.5, Intermezzo in E major
6. Fantasias (7) for piano, Op. 116: No.6, Intermezzo in D minor
7. Fantasias (7) for piano, Op. 116: No.7, Capriccio in D minor
8. Intermezzi (3) for piano, Op. 117: No.1, Intermezzo in E-flat major
9. Intermezzi (3) for piano, Op. 117: No.2, Intermezzo in B-flat minor
10. Intermezzi (3) for piano, Op. 117: No.3, Intermezzo in C-sharp minor
11. Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 118: No.1, Intermezzo in A minor
12. Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 118: No.2, Intermezzo in A major
13. Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 118: No.3, Ballade in G minor
14. Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 118: No.4, Intermezzo in F minor
15. Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 118: No.5, Romanze in F major
16. Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 118: No.6, Intermezzo in E-flat minor
17. Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 119: No.1, Intermezzo in B minor
18. Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 119: No.2, Intermezzo in E minor
19. Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 119: No.3, Intermezzo in C major
20. Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 119: No.4, Rhapsody in E-flat major

CD Details

All Artists: Johannes Brahms, Walter Klien
Title: Brahms: Fantasies; Intermezzi; Piano Pieces
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Tuxedo
Release Date: 4/15/2000
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Fantasies, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Instruments, Keyboard
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 675754184322, 7619924110509

CD Reviews

Fine performance, poor sound

Todd R. Peckarsky | Reston, VA United States | 09/06/2002

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Walter Klien was a superb interpreter of the classic piano repertoire. His recordings of the Mozart and Schubert sonatas (currently available on VoxBox) are favorites of mine: the performances are beautifully played, straightforward, unpretentious, qualities hard to find in piano performances of these composers' works. His performance of the late Brahms piano works on this disk are similarly well-played, and I'm sure I would be giving five stars were it not for the very poor sound quality. The notes say these pieces were recorded in 1969. This would put them after the Mozart sonatas (recorded in 1964), but the Mozart have much better sound. This Brahms disk has a muffled piano sound with very limited dynamic range."