Composer

Johannes Brahms

1833–1897

6,849 works in the index

Era: Romantic
Nationality: Hamburg
Born in: Hamburg

Brahms wrote densely and revised ruthlessly, destroying what did not satisfy him, so the surviving catalogue is smaller than his contemporaries' and uniformly serious. It covers symphonies, concerti, a large body of chamber music, songs and late piano pieces.

For pianists the late Op. 116–119 pieces are the heart of it — short, inward and technically less punishing than the earlier sonatas, though musically demanding. The Hungarian Dances in their four-hand form are the most-played thing he wrote and are genuinely approachable. Singers have over two hundred songs and the German Requiem.

His piano writing assumes a large hand and comfortable tenths appear regularly. Editions differ little; what varies is fingering, and an edition with good fingering is worth paying for here.

Catalogue

Works page 22 of 143

Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3 & 10 (orch. Brahms)

Hungarian Dances No. 17 - 21 (orch. Dvorak)

Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11

Intermezzo, E minor, op. 119,2 (Piano solo)

Brahms: Intermezzo e minor op. 119,2

Hungarian Dances Nos. 11- 16 (orch. Parlow)

Brahms: Paganini-Variations op. 35

Hungarian Dances Nos. 2 & 7 (orch. Hallen)

Brahms: Intermezzo C major op. 119,3

Intermezzo, B minor, op. 119,1 (Piano solo)

Brahms: Variations op. 21,1

Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102

Variations on a theme by Paganini [Paganini variations], op. 35 (Piano solo)

Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 & 6 (orch. Parlow)

Variations on a theme by Handel [Handel variations], op. 24 (Piano solo)

Brahms: Intermezzo b minor op. 119,1

Brahms: Rhapsody E flat major op. 119,4

Variations on a Hungarian song, op. 21,2 (Piano solo)

Brahms: Critical commentary

N?nie for Chorus and Orch, Op. 82

Variations op. 23, version for Piano 2-hands by Th. Kirchner (Piano solo)

Variations on a theme of his own, op. 21,1 (Piano solo)

Brahms: Variations on a Hungarian Song op. 21,2

Brahms: H

Weihnachten

Piano version of the variation movement from the String sextet op. 18 (App. A) (Piano solo)

Brahms: H-ndel-Variations op. 24

Brahms: Piano Quartet A major op. 26

Rhapsody, E flat major, op. 119,4 (Piano solo)

Das Schlaraffenland

Intermezzo, C major, op. 119,3 (Piano solo)

Variations on a theme of Schumann [Schumann variations], op. 9 (Piano solo)

Beim Ritt auf dem Knie

Rhapsody B Min Op79#1(Pno)brahms

Brahms: Schumann-Variations op. 9

Heidenr?slein

Waltz in E Minor, Op. 39, No. 4

Waltz in G Sharp Minor, Op. 39, No. 3

Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77

Brahms: App. A: Piano version of the variation movement from the String sextet op. 18

Brahms: Appendix B: Variations op. 23, version for piano 2-hands by Th. Kirchner

Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a

Dornr?schen

Der Mann

Waltz in A Flat