Composition : "Brahms - op. 2,5,4,10, 24, 35"
 
Brahms's ballades are arranged in two pairs of two,
the members of each pair being in parallel keys.
 
The first ballade was inspired by a Scottish poem "Edward"
found in a collection Stimmen der Völker in ihren Liedern
compiled by Johann Gottfried Herder.
 
It is also one of the best examples of Brahms's bardic or Ossianic style;
its open fifths, octaves, and simple triadic harmonies are supposed to
evoke the sense of a mythological past.
  
0:00 : No. 1 in D minor. Andante
3:55 : No. 2 in D major. Andante
11:30 : No. 3 in B minor. Intermezzo. Allegro
14:51 : No. 4 in B major. Andante con moto
 
The sonata is in four movements:
24:15 : Allegro non troppo, ma energico (F sharp minor)
30:41 : Andante con espressione (B minor)
36:03 : Scherzo: Allegro -- Poco più moderato (B minor - D major)
39:55 : Finale: Sostenuto -- Allegro non troppo e rubato -- 
Molto sostenuto (F sharp minor, ending in the parallel major) 
52:11 : Scerzo op. 4
 
The Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
01:01:34 : Allegro maestoso (F minor, ending in the parallel major)
01:12:15 : Andante. Andante espressivo - Andante molto (A flat major - D flat major)
01:26:03 : Scherzo. Allegro energico avec trio (F minor - D flat major)
01:31:02 : Intermezzo (Rückblick / Regard en arrière) Andante molto (B flat minor)
01:35:18 : Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato (F minor, ending in the parallel major)
 
01:43:04 : Variations sur un Thème de Händel op. 24 in B flat
 
02:12:13 : Variations sur une thème de Paganini op 35 in A minor - Livre I
02:26:22 : Variations sur une thème de Paganini op 35 in A minor - Livre II
 
- Claudio Arrau Studio Legacy -

Performed : 『【Pianist】Claudio Arrau』

Claudio Arrau León (February 7, 1903 – June 9, 1991)
was a Chilean pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire
spanning from the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially
Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms.
He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century..