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Brahms: Piano Sonata, Op. 5, Klavierstucke, Op. 116-119

2/16/2018, 25 Tracks, 1:55:56

Featuring

  • Philipp Kopachevsky
  • Johannes Brahms

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Composer Biography

Johannes Brahms, the composer, completed his Piano Sonata No. 3 at the age of twenty, during his first encounter with Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Joseph Joachim.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Philipp Kopachevsky has performed with world-renowned orchestras, including the English Chamber Orchestra and the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, and collaborated with conductors like Mstislav Rostropovich.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Philipp Kopachevsky performed in the world premiere of choreographer Benjamin Millepied's ballet 'Without' at the Mariinsky Theatre.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Brahms's Piano Sonata No. 3 is described as a 'veiled symphony' due to its eruption and ecstasy, and its five-movement structure suggests a baroque partita.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Philipp Kopachevsky, the pianist on this album, is a soloist of the Moscow State Academic Philharmonic and has won prizes at eight international competitions.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

The D flat Andante of Brahms's Piano Sonata No. 3 is prefaced by lines from Sternau, suggesting 'love ascendant': 'The twilight falls, the moonlight gleams, two hearts in love unite, embraced in rapture'.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Brahms's seven Fantasies, Op. 116, are structured as a single linked work, related by descending thirds, and can be seen as a seven-movement sonata.

Source: Booklet

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