Austrian pianist Senka Brankovic graduated from the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where Hans Leygraf, Hans Petermandl and Heinz Medjimorec were among her teachers; she also holds teaching positions at the Berlin University of Arts as well as the Hochschule fÃ¼r Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. Her upcoming solo album focuses on the cosmos of Johannes Brahms. In addition to the 7 Fantasien, Op. 116 and 4 KlavierstÃ¼cke, Op. 119, Brankovic presents the Brahms-Variations Op. 57, written by composer Ivan ErÃ¶d, who is of Hungarian descent. Composed in 1990 and dedicated to his compatriot the pianist Andras Schiff, the work takes on a theme from the Intermezzo Op. 116 / No. VI and develops it into 13 stylistically diverse variations. Numerous other citations and nods to other composers are also here to be discovered, as movement headings like "(... The bird Arnold as prophet...)" or "Tempo di 'Radetzky Marsch'" indicate.

Tracklist:

7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 1, Capriccio In D Minor
7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 2, Intermezzo In A Minor
7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 3, Capriccio In G Minor
7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 4, Intermezzo In E Major
7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 5, Intermezzo In E Minor
7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 6, Intermezzo In E Major
7 Fantasies, Op. 116: No. 7, Capriccio In D Minor
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Struttura Fondamentale. Andantino Teneramente
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Sviluppo I. Lo Stesso Tempo
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Sviluppo II. Mezzo Tempo
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Sviluppo III. Poco Più Mosso
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Tema. Andantino Teneramente
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Var. 1, Lo Stesso Tempo
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Var. 2, Lento, Poco Rubato
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Var. 3, Largo
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Var. 4, Der Vogel Arnold Als Prophet. Andante, Non Rubato
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Var. 5, Allegro Risoluto
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Var. 6, Tempo Di "Radetzky Marsch"
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Var. 7, Ragtime. Allegretto Vivace
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Var. 8, Vivace
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Var. 9, Presto
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Var. 10, Vivacissimo
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Var. 11, Sempre Vivacissimo
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Var. 12, Fuga. Andante
Brahms Variations, Op. 57: Var. 13, Epilogo Ungherese. Andante, Molto Rubato, Parlando
4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 1, Intermezzo In B Minor
4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 2, Intermezzo In E Minor
4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 3, Intermezzo In C Major
4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 4, Rhapsody In E-Flat Major

UPC: 9003643991729
Label: Gramola
Release Date: 9.7.18
Format: CD

Brahms / Brankovic - Senka Brankovic Plays Brahms & Erod (CD)