Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto no.2 Op.83 explained (Disc 2)


#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Introduction cue and First Main Theme 1:54
2 Theme One taken up by strings and solo oboe pianos entry 1:21
3 Complex variant of Theme One with very different speed and rhyth... 0:43
4 Orchestra and piano in mixed variants of Theme One now intensifi... 1:11
5 Theme Two hushed and tuneless with piano clarinets and strings 1:29
6 Oboe theme returns now delicately embroidered by the piano 0:47
7 Cue and Third Movement - COMPLETE 11:51
8 Finale - Introduction cue and Main Theme 0:58
9 Violins take up the tunr with winds and piano accompanying 0:25
10 Piano introduces Part 2 of the main theme 0:38
11 Part 3 of the theme led by the piano in fiercely self-confident 0:55
12 First episode - Part I 0:48
13 First Episode - Part II 0:24
14 Piano hands theme over to clarinets and bassoons 0:16
15 First Episode - Part III in piano first the flutes and oboes 0:41
16 Strings and flutes take theme with bubbling commentary from pian... 0:29
17 Tipsy dancers piano and winds return tiring strings take over 0:39
18 In the central Episode the orchestra throws down a dramatic chal... 0:29
19 to which the piano duly responds with a stormy outburst 0:11
20 Piano kick-starts run-up to final section in a variant of the ma... 0:42
21 Orchestra sets off on a jaunty march later joined by the piano 0:26
22 Piano propels orchestra into final section 0:47
23 Summation and cue to the movement as a whole 9:31
24 Finale - COMPLETE 9:09
Total time 37:28