Brahms's Klavierstücke Opp. 116 to 119 were composed in 1892 and 1893, five years before his death and before the death of Clara Schumann, the love of his life.
Performer Biography
Christophe Sirodeau, the pianist on this recording, studied with Evgeny Malinin, who taught him piano from age eleven and a half until he entered Malinin's class at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
Composer Biography
Brahms's Op. 76 pieces, also featured on this album, date from 1871-78, predating his later Klavierstücke.
Recording & Production
The recording was made in Paris, France, on March 8th, 2019, using specific vintage Neumann CMV 563 - UM70 microphones and a Steinway D No. 499495 piano.
Interpretation
This recording was conceived as a musical journey for an 'invisible audience,' not as an exhaustive survey of Brahms's oeuvre, reflecting a historical performance practice where composers like Chopin and Bach did not necessarily play their complete cycles in order.
Album & Artwork
The album is dedicated to the memory of the pianist Christophe Sirodeau's father, Jean Sirodeau, who passed away in the autumn prior to the album's release.
Interpretation
The pianist, Christophe Sirodeau, chose to extract Intermezzi from various late books of Brahms's Klavierstücke and arrange them in a new order, rather than playing the published collections in their entirety.
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