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 26 of 143

Hungarian Dance #6

Intermezzo in A Op 76 No 6 (J Brahms)

Scherzo in E Flat Minor Op 4 (J Brahms)

Andante (from Sonata in F Minor) Op 5 (Brahms)

Serenade in G (J Brahms)

BRAHMS Intermezzo in B-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4

Intermezzo in C Op 119 No 3 (J Brahms)

Allegro Op 10 No 3 (J Brahms)

Symphony No 3 Op 90 (J Brahms)

Rhapsodie Agitato Op 79 (J Brahms)

Andante in B Op 10 No 4 (J Brahms)

Brahms: Trio B major op. 8 (final version)

Intermezzo in E Minor Op 119 No 2 (J Brahms)

Intermezzo in E Flat Op 17 No 1 (J Brahms)

Rhapsodie Risoluto Op 79 (J Brahms)

Liebeslieder-Walzer op. 52/12

Andante (from Sonata in C Op 1) (J Brahms)

Hungarian Dance No.6

Des Liebsten Schwur op. 69/4 (in der von Brahms autorisierten Klavierfassung von Theodor Kirchner

Intermezzo in A Flat Op 76 No 3 (J Brahms)

Romance Op 118 No 5 (J Brahms)

Rhapsodie Passionato Op 79 (J Brahms)

Capriccio in C Op 76 No 8

I.

Serenade in A (J Brahms)

Andante in A Minor Op 116 (J Brhams)

Verstohlen geht der Mond auf (aus der Klaviersonate op. 1/2)

Brahms: Appendix: Trio B major op. 8 (early version)

Brahms: Trio c minor op. 101

Brahms: Trio C major op. 87

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IV.

Tone Poem in G

Ballade in D Minor Op 10 No 1 (J Brahms)

Ballade in D Op 10 No 2 (J Brahms)

II.

Ballade in G Minor Op 118 No 3 (J Brahms)

WALTZ IN Bb OP 39 (J BRAHMS)

Capriccio in D Minor Op 116 No 7

Capriccio in C# Minor Op 76 No 5

Waltz in G Minor Op 65 (J Brahms)

Capriccio in F# Minor Op 76 No 1

Lullaby Op 49 No 4 (J Brahms)

Intermezzo in A Minor Op 76 No 7 (J Brahms)

Waltz in G Op 39 (J Brahms)

Waltz in D Minor Op 39 (J Brahms)

Waltz in E Op 39 (J Brahms)

Waltz in G# Minor Op 39 (J Brahms)