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Classics Explained: Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2

An exploration of Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 narrated by Jeremy Siepman

Jeremy Siepmann (reader)

Classics Explained: Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2

Classics Explained: Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2

An exploration of Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 narrated by Jeremy Siepman

Jeremy Siepmann (reader)

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Contents and tracklist

Brahms: An Introduction to … BRAHMS
Work length1:44:44
Introduction; opening horn call and piano's answer
Track length1:50
Rising three-note scalewise pattern
Track length0:25
Quicker, descending six-note 'answer'
Track length0:18
Second, answering phrase
Track length0:32
First Main Theme completed by orchestra
Track length0:50
Peace shattered as piano bursts back in like a tiger
Track length1:24
Variant of opening horn call in bass
Track length0:19
Orchestra returns; beginning of Exposition proper
Track length2:25
Big, 'singing' theme in orchestra; piano 'forgotten'
Track length0:41
Call to arms by strings; marshalling of orchestral forces
Track length1:03
Piano re-enters fry with massive expansion of opening figure
Track length0:48
Piano 'explores' two main facets of opening theme
Track length0:45
Transition. sense of key weakened. Piano and orchestra come together
Track length1:07
Piano and orchestra 'argue' over speed of thematic three-note rise
Track length0:41
Piano and orchestra in friendly dialogue before piano falls away
Track length1:28
'Winged' harmonic shadow of pure pianistic tone-colour
Track length0:45
New 'transitional' theme from orchestra developed by piano
Track length1:51
After indecision and discussion, the mood suddenly turns playful
Track length0:26
Reminder of Second Main Theme in its original form
Track length0:43
Ttransfomation of Second Main Theme by piano
Track length0:40
Piano hijacks orchestra's 'call to arms'
Track length0:43
Piano and orchestra, now allies, explore theme, but with piano leading
Track length1:08
Dramatic eruption of orchestra leads to the Development section
Track length1:13
Pianistic 'tiger' replaced by gentle reflective, soft-spoken poet
Track length0:30
Transformed 'tiger' theme amicably shared by piano and orchestra
Track length0:44
An apparently new theme - but Battlle Hymn of the Republic?
Track length0:41
Brief, downward-driving section prepares for the Recapitulation
Track length0:54
On the threshold of the Recapitulation
Track length0:54
Recapitulation: The Magical Return
Track length1:06
From Gate-crashing Tiger to Celestial Tenderness - and a surprise
Track length1:17
And unexpected and portentus change of mood, suggesting tragedy
Track length1:01
Summation
Track length0:30
First Movement (Complete)
Track length17:16
Second Movement: The upward-driving opening gambit, piano alone
Track length0:13
Downward-driving answer from lower strings
Track length0:27
Theme vs Melody
Track length0:58
Eerie, unharmonised, 'white' sound of Second Theme
Track length0:45
Second Theme taken up and developed by piano
Track length1:25
Expectation and surprise; harmonic fluidity and intensifying drama
Track length1:40
Return (and transformation) of Theme Two
Track length0:41
Theme One returns in orchestra; Theme Three emerges in major mode
Track length1:00
Sequence of fragmentary episodes begins with unexpected fanfare
Track length0:58
Variant of Theme Three in piano
Track length0:36
Rescored variant of 'fanfare' theme; from grandeur to solemnity
Track length0:21
Rhapsodic variant of fanfare, this time for piano alone
Track length0:24
Recapitulation of opening, with piano and orchestra reversing roles
Track length1:07
Theme Two transformed by new instrumentation
Track length0:36
Cue and Second Movement (Complete)
Track length9:23
Introduction, cue and First Main Theme
Track length1:53
Theme One taken up by strings and solo oboe; piano's entry
Track length1:20
Complex variant of Theme One with very different speed and rhythm
Track length0:42
Orchestra and piano in mixed variants of Theme One, now intensified
Track length1:10
Theme Two, hushed and 'tuneless', with piano, clarinets and strings
Track length1:28
Oboe Theme returns, now delicately embroidered by the piano
Track length0:46
Cue and Third Movement (Complete)
Track length11:50
Finale: Introduction, cue and Main Theme
Track length0:57
Violins take up tune, with winds and piano accompanying
Track length0:24
Piano introduces Part 2 of the main theme
Track length0:37
Part 3 of the theme, led by piano, in 'fiercely' self-confident mood
Track length0:54
First Episode, Part 1
Track length0:47
First Episode, Part 2
Track length0:23
Piano hands theme over to clarinets and bassoons
Track length0:15
First Episode, Part 3, in piano, first; then flutes and oboes
Track length0:40
Strings and flutes take theme, with bubbling commentary from piano
Track length0:28
Tipsy dancers (piano and winds) return, tiring; strings take over
Track length0:38
In the central Episode, the orchestra throws down a dramatic challenge
Track length0:28
... to which the piano duly responds with a stormy outburst
Track length0:10
Piano kick-starts run-up to final section in a variant of the main theme
Track length0:41
Orchestra sets off on jaunty march, later joined by the piano
Track length0:25
Piano propels orchestra into final section
Track length0:46
Summation and cue to the movement as a whole
Track length0:22
Finale (Complete)
Track length9:08
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