Barry Douglas - Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 6 (2016)

In the sixth and final volume of his complete works for piano by Brahms, the Irish pianist Barry Douglas - which one recalls Rafla first prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1986, the first non-Russian since Van Cliburn in 1958 - we present the composer historian, arranger and teacher. Historian, he is with his rooms in the old style - gigue, sarabande, canon -; and at the same time, arranger with the gavotte from Gluck. Arranger, he is with his own Hungarian Dances rewritten for piano solo (the original being for piano four hands), and in Walk Rákóczy (also known as the Hungarian March) from Berlioz; and at the same time teacher since the studies we present Douglas are written respectively by Chopin, Bach and Weber - the latter especially in a pretty sneaky arrangement of the Chaconne, originally for solo violin by Brahms for the left hand alone .

Tracklist:

01. Rakoczy March, Anh.III/10
02. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 6. Intermezzo in E-Flat Minor
03. Canon in F Minor, Anh. III/2
04. 2 Gigues, WoO Posth. 4: Gigue in A Minor, WoO 4 posth.
05. 2 Gigues, WoO Posth. 4: Gigue in B Minor, WoO 4 posth.
06. 8 Piano Pieces, Op. 76: No. 5. Capriccio in C-Sharp Minor
07. 8 Piano Pieces, Op. 76: No. 7. Intermezzo in A Minor
08. 8 Piano Pieces, Op. 76: No. 8. Capriccio in C Major
09. Gluck - Iphigenie en Aulide, Act II: Gavotte
10. 5 Studies for the Piano, Anh. Ia/1: No. 1. Study after Chopin (arr. of Etude No. 14 in F Minor, Op. 25, No. 2)
11. 5 Studies for the Piano, Anh. Ia/1: No. 2. Rondo after C.M. von Weber (arr. of Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 24)
12. 5 Studies for the Piano, Anh. Ia/1: No. 3. Presto after J.S. Bach (arr. of Sonata in C Minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto)
13. 10 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (Arr. for Piano Solo): No. 2 in D Minor
14. 10 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (Arr. for Piano Solo): No. 4 in F-Sharp Minor
15. 10 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (Arr. for Piano Solo): No. 6 in D-Flat Major
16. 10 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (Arr. for Piano Solo): No. 7 in F Major
17. 10 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (Arr. for Piano Solo): No. 8 in A Minor
18. 10 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (Arr. for Piano Solo): No. 9 in E Minor
19. 10 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (Arr. for Piano Solo): No. 10 in E Major
20. 5 Studies for the Piano, Anh. Ia/1: No. 5. Chaconne by J.S. Bach