Brahms: Piano Sonata No.3 / Fantasies / Piano Pieces, Op. 119
1/1/2000, 16 Tracks, 1:10:40
Featuring
Jorge Federico Osorio
Johannes Brahms
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Performer Biography
Jorge Federico Osorio's extensive discography includes a solo Brahms recording that Gramophone proclaimed 'one of the most distinguished discs of Brahms' piano music in recent years.'
Composer's Artistic Vision
Brahms' last piano pieces, Op. 116-119, are characterized as 'the cream of Brahms' smaller piano compositions' and are intimate and extraordinarily moving.
Composer Biography
Johannes Brahms wrote his third and last piano sonata, a massive work, when he was only twenty years old.
Performer Biography
Jorge Federico Osorio, the pianist on this recording, has been internationally acclaimed for his superb musicianship and command of the instrument.
Compositional Technique
Brahms augmented the basic sonata structure of his Piano Sonata No. 3 by inserting an Intermezzo between the Scherzo and the Finale, resulting in five movements instead of the customary four.
Performer Biography
Jorge Federico Osorio, born in Mexico, began his musical studies at age five and studied at conservatories in Mexico, Paris, and Moscow.
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