Brahms made four-hand piano arrangements of many of his orchestral and vocal scores to make them more accessible.
This album was recorded at the Clara Wieck Auditorium in Sandhausen, Germany, between September 2nd and 7th, 1996.
The Fourth Symphony by Brahms is considered very effective in its four-hand piano version, with its structure remaining transparent.
Johannes Brahms, the composer of the music on this album, was an accomplished pianist whose piano compositions spanned his entire life.
The cover painting for this album is 'A Farmyard with peasants at a gateway' by Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller (1793-1865).
