As a young person, I played this piece for my senior recital, and to this day all I can think of what an incredible piano part there was, and what an incredible pianist I had playing it. This is especially apparent in the middle section of the second movement - it is the purest Brahms! Thanks for posting this - it brings back such memories!
This piece brings back the most powerful memories for me. I studied it as a high school student, and then played it for my senior recital. The second movement in particular, with its truly Brahmsian middle section.
JoefromNJ1 I am really enjoying learning the piano parts of both the opus 120 sonatas. I think they are "true duets", and are probably as difficult as anything that I am working on for piano solo!
Absolutely! And I love all the rhythmic intricacies in both sonatas (triple vs. duple, etc.). The clarinet and piano are truly equal partners in both lovely sonatas.
Really excellent. I studied with Leon Russianoff from 1968 until 1982 . He had studied with Daniel Bonade, and was a member of the French school through and through. We didn't listen to German clarinetists. This was a mistake. This man is a beautiful player and so is the accompanist.
Such a curious work. Always avoiding too obvious developments, and instead displaying a wide variety of textures and mélodic ideas, with minutious details, and superb harmonic writing. An overall tranquil work like a fire under the ashes at the end of the evening, if you accept such a metaphor.
Lovely performance by Karl Leister. Very round, rich and textured timbre, an ideal sonority for all clarinetists. Notice how leisurely Leister takes the Allegro amabile first movement. This brings out many Brahmsian contrasts within the movement, and between the first movement and the Allegro appassionato second movement, contrasts that make late Brahms, especially the four clarinet compositions, so ineffable.
I'm sorry but the clarinet version is so dry compared to the viola version. The true emotional quality and expression can only be delivered from a string instrument, in my opinion.
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Love that early photo of Brahms; arms crossed, that expression...yeah, I'm young, I'm handsome, I'm talented. Whaddygonna do about it?
A giant of music at his zenith. A truly wonderful gift to us all.
As a young person, I played this piece for my senior recital, and to this day all I can think of what an incredible piano part there was, and what an incredible pianist I had playing it. This is especially apparent in the middle section of the second movement - it is the purest Brahms! Thanks for posting this - it brings back such memories!
This piece brings back the most powerful memories for me. I studied it as a high school student, and then played it for my senior recital. The second movement in particular, with its truly Brahmsian middle section.
i think this piece might have the greatest piano accompaniment ever written for a solo sonata.
JoefromNJ1 I am really enjoying learning the piano parts of both the opus 120 sonatas. I think they are "true duets", and are probably as difficult as anything that I am working on for piano solo!
Because it is almost clarinet accompaniment
Absolutely! And I love all the rhythmic intricacies in both sonatas (triple vs. duple, etc.). The clarinet and piano are truly equal partners in both lovely sonatas.
Also the Third Violin Sonata op: 25 of Enescu. And the op. 28 too.
I'd give that title to Rachmaninoff's cello sonata for sure, but this piece is all the way up there as well.
Così meraviglioso e così moderno!
Just heard this piece performed in maribel palace in Salzburg. It was amazing
Really excellent. I studied with Leon Russianoff from 1968 until 1982 . He had studied with Daniel Bonade, and was a member of the French school through and through. We didn't listen to German clarinetists. This was a mistake. This man is a beautiful player and so is the accompanist.
Not a day goes by that I don’t thank god for Brahms existence. The photo of Brahms at age twenty hangs in my living room.
This is absolute beauty! I'm super excited to be able to play it!!!
Beautiful Brahms in clarinet maestro Leister.
I'm playing the last movement of this our concert. I love it!
beautiful playing clarinet and piano
thank you....i as playing along with clarinetist...learning piece for my recital
I'm playing this as my auditon for my music education degree :) This version is amazing, thank you.
I just got the sheet music today myself. I'm playing the clarinet part as well. Along with Gerald Finzi's Five Bagatelles 2nd movement.
didnt ask didnt care
Beautiful. Especially those quintuplets played as one.
Such a curious work. Always avoiding too obvious developments, and instead displaying a wide variety of textures and mélodic ideas, with minutious details, and superb harmonic writing. An overall tranquil work like a fire under the ashes at the end of the evening, if you accept such a metaphor.
This sounds like what a drunken Wagner could have written...
One of the best ever written
A portrait of the young Brahms and music by the old B.
He was twenty and had probably just met Robert Schumann and family. I have this photo hanging in my living room.
So beautiful
Admirable.
who are the performers! really beautiful playing and beautiful interpretation. thank you sharing!
Karl Leister (clarinet) and Ferenc Bognar (piano)
+AllClassical Monuments thank you!
You're welcome and sry for the tardiness :D
More than romantic.. i love it
Lovely performance by Karl Leister. Very round, rich and textured timbre, an ideal sonority for all clarinetists. Notice how leisurely Leister takes the Allegro amabile first movement. This brings out many Brahmsian contrasts within the movement, and between the first movement and the Allegro appassionato second movement, contrasts that make late Brahms, especially the four clarinet compositions, so ineffable.
Thanks!
20:30 is so beautiful
I was going to play the stamitz concerto next year and now I don’t know
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Good!
Er, who are the players?
Karl Leister, clarinet
Ferenc Bognar, piano
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I'm sorry but the clarinet version is so dry compared to the viola version. The true emotional quality and expression can only be delivered from a string instrument, in my opinion.
Lol
I'll probably get lynched for saying this about Karl Leister, but this isn't the most expressive clarinet playing I've heard in my life.
Except violas have no emotional capacity and are generally a bit on the pathetic side.
Listen to this viola version. Really great. ruclips.net/video/Jg-dLA6oXBU/видео.html
Are you dumb?
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