Episode 4
Donald Macleod introduces works associated with some of the most important people in Brahms's life.
Brahms regularly fell in and out of love but never married. And, in spite of his sometimes brusque and arrogant manner, he also cultivated many friendships in the course of his life and inspired great loyalty in the friends he made. He formed a particularly strong bond with Elizabeth von Herzogenberg whose musical judgement he greatly valued. Donald Macleod introduces works associated with some of the most important of his friends including a Rhapsody and a vocal quartet dedicated to Elizabeth von Herzogenberg, two songs for voice, viola and piano presented as a peace offering to his lifelong friend the violin Joseph Joachim, and two songs - one woven into Brahms's second violin sonata - for the singer Hermine Spies.
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Johannes Brahms
Komm bald (op97 no.5)
Performers: Juliane Banse (soprano) Helmut Deutsch (piano)
- CPO 999 448-2.
- 16.
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Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata no.2 in A, op.100 - First movement
Performers: Anthony Marwood (violin) Aleksandar Madžar (piano)
- Wigmore Hall: WHLIVE0050.
- 4.
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Johannes Brahms
Gesange for alto, viola and piano op.91 - No.1: Gestillte Sehnsucht
Performers: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano) Bengt Forsberg (piano) Nils-Erik Sparf (viola)
- DG 429 727-2.
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Johannes Brahms
Gesange for alto, viola and piano op.91 - No.2: Geistliches Wiegenlied
Performers: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano) Bengt Forsberg (piano) Nils-Erik Sparf (viola)
- DG 429 727-2.
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Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody op 79 no 2
Performers: Murray Perahia (piano)
- Sony: 88697727252.
- 2.
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Johannes Brahms
4 Quartets op.92 No.1 O schone Nacht
Performers: Edith Mathis (soprano) Brigitte Fassbaender (alto) Peter Schreier (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
- DG 449 641-2.
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Johannes Brahms
4 Quartets op.92 No.2 Spatherbst
Performers: Edith Mathis (soprano) Brigitte Fassbaender (alto) Peter Schreier (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
- DG 449 641-2.
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Johannes Brahms
4 Quartets op.92 No.3 Abendlied
Performers: Edith Mathis (soprano) Brigitte Fassbaender (alto) Peter Schreier (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
- DG 449 641-2.
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Johannes Brahms
4 Quartets op.92 No.4 Warum?
Performers: Edith Mathis (soprano) Brigitte Fassbaender (alto) Peter Schreier (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
- DG 449 641-2.
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Johannes Brahms
Nanie op.82
Performers: Edith Mathis (soprano) Brigitte Fassbaender (alto) Peter Schreier (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
- RCA: 09026 61201 2.
- 3.
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- Thu 20 Dec 201212:00BBC Radio 3
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