Matteo Fossi – Brahms: The Progressive (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Matteo Fossi – Brahms: The Progressive (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:11:47 minutes | 1012 MB | Genre: Classical
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In 1933, Arnold Schönberg defined ‘Brahms the Progressive’ as the initiator of a free language: ‘He was a great innovator in the area of musical language.’ This disc covers the composer’s entire life, starting with the Variations op. 9, composed at the age of just 20 years, then touching the middle period of his production with the Rhapsodies op. 79, and finishing with compositions which constitute his farewell to the piano: the Fantaisies op. 116 and the Klavierstücke op. 119, written when he was in his sixties. The feature common to these piano compositions is their characteristic musical language and their Brahmsian power, which is recognised in the first notes of his youthful compositions and is still found, unambiguously, in the intimacy of his last works.

Tracklist:
1-01. Matteo Fossi – Variations on a Theme by Schumann, Op. 9: Theme. Variations I-XVI (17:47)
1-02. Matteo Fossi – 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79: Rhapsody No. 1 in B Minor. Agitato (09:52)
1-03. Matteo Fossi – 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79: Rhapsody No. 2 in G Minor. Molto passionato, ma non troppo allegro (06:43)
1-04. Matteo Fossi – 7 Fantasias, Op. 116: I. Capriccio in D Minor. Presto energico (02:33)
1-05. Matteo Fossi – 7 Fantasias, Op. 116: II. Intermezzo in A Minor. Andante (03:25)
1-06. Matteo Fossi – 7 Fantasias, Op. 116: III. Capriccio in G Minor. Allegro passionato (03:20)
1-07. Matteo Fossi – 7 Fantasias, Op. 116: IV. Intermezzo in E Major. Adagio (04:13)
1-08. Matteo Fossi – 7 Fantasias, Op. 116: V. Intermezzo in E Minor. Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento (02:49)
1-09. Matteo Fossi – 7 Fantasias, Op. 116: VI. Intermezzo in E Major. Andantino teneramente (03:07)
1-10. Matteo Fossi – 7 Fantasias, Op. 116: VII. Capriccio in D Minor. Allegro agitato (02:17)
1-11. Matteo Fossi – 4 Klavierstücke, Op.119: I. Intermezzo in B Minor. Adagio (03:28)
1-12. Matteo Fossi – 4 Klavierstücke, Op.119: II. Intermezzo in E Minor. Andantino un poco agitato (04:52)
1-13. Matteo Fossi – 4 Klavierstücke, Op.119: III. Intermezzo in C Major. Grazioso e giocoso (01:43)
1-14. Matteo Fossi – 4 Klavierstücke, Op.119: IV. Rhapsody in E-Flat Major. Allegro risoluto (05:31)

Personnel:
Matteo Fossi, piano

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