Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.9 - Johannes Brahms 'Hardy Rittner - Piano'

Composition Year: 1862–63
First Performance: 1865-11-25 Zürich: Johannes Brahms, piano
Performers: Hardy Rittner - Piano
Recorded: 1-3 October 2007
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1. Thema. Ziemlich langsam
2. Variation 1. L'istesso tempo
3. Variation 2. Poco più moto
4. Variation 3. Tempo di tema
5. Variation 4. Poco più moto
6. Variation 5. Allegro capriccioso
7. Variation 6. Allegro
8. Variation 7. Andante
9. Variation 8. Andante (non troppo lento)
10. Variation 9. Schnell
11. Variation 10. Poco Adagio
12. Variation 11. Un poco più animato
13. Variation 12. Allegretto, poco scherzando - Presto
14. Variation 13. Non troppo Presto
15. Variation 14. Andante
16. Variation 15. Poco Adagio
17. Variation 16. [Adagio]
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Work:
The relationship between Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms started out as student comes to work with mentor but evolves into something more complex. Brahms had been introduced to the Schumanns in October 1853 with a letter of introduction from the violinist and composer Joseph Joachim. Brahms was then 20 and Schumann praised him in print in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik as ‘fated to give expression to the times in the highest and most ideal manner.’
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One of the first things that the young Brahms did to thank Robert was to write a set of variations on a theme taken from a work written in 1841. The Funf Albumblätter: I. Ziemlich langsam, published part of Schumann’s Bunte Blätter, Op. 99.
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Wikipedia biography: https://bit.ly/3kbFPC0
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ATTRIBUTION
Music contained in this video is licensed to Dabringhaus und Grimm Audiovision.