Brahms: Hungarian Dances Cédric Tiberghien

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Hungarian Dances, WoO 1:
• 1 Brahms: Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: I. Allegro molto 03:02
• 2 Brahms: Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: II. Allegro non assai 03:04
• 3 Brahms: Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: III. Allegretto 02:01
• 4 Brahms: Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: IV. Poco sostenuto 04:14
• 5 Brahms: Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: V. Allegro 02:15
• 6 Brahms: Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: VI. Vivace 03:19
• 7 Brahms: Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: VII. Allegretto vivace 01:38
• 8 Brahms: Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: VIII. Presto 03:00
• 9 Brahms: Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: IX. Allegro 02:03
• 10 Brahms: Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: X.Presto 02:08
• Klavierstücke, Op. 76:
• 11 Brahms: Klavierstücke, Op. 76: I. Capriccio. Un poco agitato 03:41
• 12 Brahms: Klavierstücke, Op. 76: II. Capriccio. Allegretto non troppo 03:46
• 13 Brahms: Klavierstücke, Op. 76: III. Grazioso 02:01
• 14 Brahms: Klavierstücke, Op. 76: IV. Intermezzo (Allegretto grazioso) 02:12
• 15 Brahms: Klavierstücke, Op. 76: V. Capriccio. Agitato,ma non sempre presto 03:00
• 16 Brahms: Klavierstücke, Op. 76: VI. Intermezzo (Andante con moto) 03:39
• 17 Brahms: Klavierstücke, Op. 76: VII. Moderato semplice 03:00
• 18 Brahms: Klavierstücke, Op. 76: VIII. Capriccio (Grazioso ed un poco vivace) 04:03
• Walzer, Op. 39:
• 19 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: I. Tempo giusto 00:46
• 20 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: II. (E major) 01:20
• 21 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: III. (G-sharp minor) 00:48
• 22 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: IV. Poco sostenuto 01:23
• 23 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: V. Grazioso 01:11
• 24 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: VI. Vivace 01:07
• 25 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: VII. Poco più Andante 01:50
• 26 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: VIII. (B-flat major) 01:05
• 27 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: IX. (D minor) 01:05
• 28 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: X. (G major) 00:39
• 29 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: XI. (B minor) 01:28
• 30 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: XII. (E major) 01:42
• 31 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: XIII. (C major) 00:33
• 32 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: XIV. (A minor) 01:37
• 33 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: XV. (A♭ major) 01:16
• 34 Brahms: Walzer, Op. 39: XVI. (D minor) 00:59
• Total Runtime 01:10:55

Info for Brahms: Hungarian Dances

This is really distinguished playing, and the programme is cunningly designed. Cédric Tiberghien throws himself into the first book of Hungarian Dances with apparent abandon: his rhythmic verve and skill at characterising each piece, indeed every theme, are hugely enjoyable, and yet each movement is in fact very sensitively thought-through in terms of touch, pedalling and phrasing.

At the other end of the disc he gives the Op. 39 Waltzes a ballroom sweep and elegance they rarely receive, and intimacy in the gentler numbers.

But these two dance-sets bookend the perennially elusive, aristocratic Eight Pieces Op. 76, and help to reveal how these, too, are essentially dances. Not only the faster and more emphatically rhythmic Capriccios but also the Intermezzos, though these move to a vastly more complex measure, Brahms conjuring the ghosts of Schumann and Chopin.

Tiberghien’s consummate use of rubato, his scrupulous shading of dynamics and exquisite control of tone-colour make for a memorable account of these not always easily graspable pieces. I admired Libor Novacek’s recent account of Op. 76 on Landor, but Tiberghien’s is a yet more eloquent and poetic reading, on a par with those of Katchen, Steven Kovacevich and Dmitri Alexeev, and in more natural sound than any of them. (Calum MacDonald)

“Cédric Tiberghien throws himself into the first book of Hungarian Dances with apparent abandon: his rhythmic verve and skill at characterising each piece, indeed every theme, are hugely enjoyable… At the other end of the disc he gives the Op. 39 Waltzes a ballroom sweep and elegance they rarely receive, and intimacy in the gentler numbers. But these two dance-sets bookend the perennially elusive, aristocratic Eight Pieces Op. 76 ... Tiberghien's consummate use of rubato, his scrupulous shading of dynamics and exquisite control of tone-colour make for a memorable account of these not always easily graspable pieces.” (BBC Music Magazine)

“Tiberghien's weighty sensitivity and deep range of colour prove telling. The Hungarian Dances balance bravura with a dark refinement of mood and cover a much wider emotional spectrum than we usually imagine they possess. The Waltzes, infinitely graceful, are tinged with hints of quiet regret. Very beautiful and highly recommended.” (The Guardian, October)

Cédric Tiberghien, piano

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