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Product Identifiers

Record LabelCdb, CD Baby

UPC0700261378336

eBay Product ID (ePID)5046070462

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year2013

GenreClassical

ArtistGena Raps

Release TitleBrahms Late Piano Works

Dimensions

Item Height0.40 in

Item Weight0.25 lb

Item Length5.60 in

Item Width4.90 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks20

Number of Discs1

TracksIntermezzo in E Major Op. 116 No. 4, Capriccio in G minor Op. 116 No. 3, Intermezzo in E Major Op. 116 No. 6, Intermezzo in F minor Op. 118 No. 4, Intermezzo in B minor Op. 119 No. 1, Intermezzo in E minor Op. 119 No. 2, Intermezzo in A minor Op. 118 No. 1, Intermezzo in a Major Op. 118 No. 2, Intermezzo in E minor Op. 116 No. 5, Capriccio in D minor Op. 116 No. 7, Intermezzo in E Flat Major Op. 117 No. 1, Intermezzo in B Flat minor Op. 117 No. 2, Intermezzo in C Sharp minor Op. 117 No. 3, Capriccio in F Sharp minor Op. 76 No. 1, Capriccio in B minor Op. 76 No. 2, Classical, Brahms, Piano Music, Intermezzo, Capriccio

NotesThe late piano works of Brahms are not for the faint of heart. That's because the pieces are about the heart. Brahms' in particular. Many of them were written for Clara Schumann, with whom Brahms had a mostly unrequited love affair for over forty years. They reflect the deep emotions Brahms experienced, emotions that he put to music in the half-dozen years before his death in 1897. Some of these works are technically hard to play, requiring explosive power and velocity others are less taxing. But all of them demand an exquisite sensitivity and mature sensibility to make them ring true. They've been recorded by the greats and near-greats, all with varying results. In this CD, Gena Raps plays fifteen of her favorite compositions - intermezzi and capriccios, most taken from opus number 116-119. They comprise a varied mix of tempos, form, aesthetics, emotions, and moods, all of which present the artist with the challenge of interpretation.