G. Henle Verlag Two Rhapsodies op. 79 - Brahms/Eich/Boyde - Piano - Book

Composer: Johannes Brahms
Editor: Katrin Eich
Fingering: Andreas Boyde
Format: Softcover
Instrumentation: Piano

In 1879, about ten years before Johannes Brahms composed his late, melancholic piano pieces, he wrote the two Rhapsodies op. 79 - two markedly passionate and comparatively extensive works. In a letter to the convalescent Clara Schumann, Brahms spoke in a typically understated fashion about the two pieces "with which you can really run riot and test whether the course of treatment has actually had any effect". We prefer to agree with Brahms' friend Elisabeth von Herzogenberg: "the fact that the g minor is my favourite does not make me insensitive towards the intensely prickly beauty of the one in b minor". Both of these popular works have now been revised on the basis of the new Brahms Complete Edition.

Contents:

• Rhapsody b minor op. 79,1
• Rhapsody g minor op. 79,2