Brahms: Late Piano Works
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
The music does indeed appear to ‘pour’ from his fingers as though as part of an incandescent flow, alternating the impassioned eloquence of the three capriccios and reflective intensity of the...
Brahms: Late Piano Works
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
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The music does indeed appear to ‘pour’ from his fingers as though as part of an incandescent flow, alternating the impassioned eloquence of the three capriccios and reflective intensity of the...
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Brahms announced his retirement from composing on more than one occasion, but these are among the last solo pieces he wrote for piano. By contrast, the Op 4 scherzo is the work of an eighteen-year-old, and the earliest he approved for publication.
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March 2019
The music does indeed appear to ‘pour’ from his fingers as though as part of an incandescent flow, alternating the impassioned eloquence of the three capriccios and reflective intensity of the four intermezzos with a sensitivity of phrase, harmonic timing and textural voicing that is nostalgically beguiling…One of the finest Brahms recitals in recent years.
January 2019
Ohlsson leaves the best till last. The Op. 4 Scherzo, written when Brahms was just 18, has a driving excitement, a febrile quality that is thrilling. And, with his easy brand of virtuosity, he sounds right at home here…Ohlsson is very naturally recorded too.
6th January 2019
To hear them unfolded as beautifully as they are here is invigorating, insightful and a joy.
classicalsource.com January 2019
Ohlsson is at his most compellingly scaled in the two big cycles, Opuses 116 and 118, now intimate, now clamorous, relishing the capacity, physical power and pedigree of his Steinway.
