℗ 2021 Hyperion Records Limited
| Released | February 16, 2024 |
| Originated | July 2, 2021 |
| Duration | 1h 09m 05s |
| Record Label | Hyperion |
| Genre | Classical |
Brahms: Piano Sonatas 1 & 2; Rhapsodies
Garrick Ohlsson
Available in MQA and 192 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1
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1.1
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I. Allegro
Johannes Brahms; Garrick Ohlsson |
10:50 | |||
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1.2
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II. Andante (Nach einem altdeutschen Minneliede)
Johannes Brahms; Garrick Ohlsson |
5:02 | |||
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1.3
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III. Allegro molto e con fuoco – Più mosso
Johannes Brahms; Garrick Ohlsson |
5:54 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Allegro con fuoco – Presto non troppo ed agitato
Johannes Brahms; Garrick Ohlsson |
6:50 | |||
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 2
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1.5
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I. Allegro non troppo, ma energico
Johannes Brahms; Garrick Ohlsson |
5:31 | |||
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1.6
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II. Andante con espressione
Johannes Brahms; Garrick Ohlsson |
5:00 | |||
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1.7
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III. Scherzo. Allegro – Poco più moderato
Johannes Brahms; Garrick Ohlsson |
3:41 | |||
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1.8
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IV. Finale. Sostenuto – Allegro non troppo e rubato – Molto sostenuto
Johannes Brahms; Garrick Ohlsson |
10:40 | |||
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1.9
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Rhapsody in B Minor, Op. 79 No. 1
Johannes Brahms; Garrick Ohlsson |
9:07 | |||
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1.10
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Rhapsody in G Minor, Op. 79 No. 2
Johannes Brahms; Garrick Ohlsson |
6:30 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"[Ohlsson] has power and agility in reserve, which means that he can take fences in his stride that find others huffing and blowing … nor is Ohlsson afraid of plain speaking, so that the evident care he lavishes on the music never crosses the border into mannerism and the long lines of quasi-symphonic thought are never broken. The same goes for the Rhapsodies, which are as fully developed and as non-rhapsodic as movements from the piano sonatas that Brahms seemingly never composed after the age of 20. Not for a moment did I feel I was in anything but the safest of Brahmsian hands. All this is indeed mightily impressive, and I would welcome this disc into my library with open arms."
- Gramophone
Both sonatas recorded here are the work of the young Brahms—still a teenager when he wrote Op 2—and perfectly complement the much later rhapsodies. These are magisterial accounts from a pianist noted for his mastery of the Romantics.
192 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Hyperion Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.69 -8.31 to -1.30 | -27.86 -34.09 to -24.35 | -23.88 -30.20 to -20.60 | 14 13 to 16 | |
| 1 | I. Allegro | -2.25 | -27.24 | -22.6 | 16 |
| 2 | II. Andante (Nach einem altdeutschen Minneliede) | -8.31 | -34.09 | -30.2 | 15 |
| 3 | III. Allegro molto e con fuoco – Più mosso | -2.59 | -25.96 | -22.2 | 15 |
| 4 | IV. Allegro con fuoco – Presto non troppo ed agitato | -4.09 | -26.33 | -22.6 | 14 |
| 5 | I. Allegro non troppo, ma energico | -1.30 | -24.35 | -20.6 | 15 |
| 6 | II. Andante con espressione | -5.79 | -28.59 | -23.9 | 14 |
| 7 | III. Scherzo. Allegro – Poco più moderato | -5.91 | -28.52 | -24.4 | 14 |
| 8 | IV. Finale. Sostenuto – Allegro non troppo e rubato – Molto sostenuto | -4.11 | -27.69 | -24.0 | 14 |
| 9 | Rhapsody in B Minor, Op. 79 No. 1 | -6.31 | -27.72 | -23.7 | 14 |
| 10 | Rhapsody in G Minor, Op. 79 No. 2 | -6.18 | -28.16 | -24.6 | 13 |