Brahms: Piano Sonatas / Melnikov

Alexander Melnikov, piano Bösendorfer 1875

Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonatas nos.1 & 2 / Scherzo op.4

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Johannes Brahms was just 19 years old in 1852-53 when he wrote the first two piano sonatas he deemed worthy of publication. In these extended four-movement compositions he built on the heritage of Beethoven. The fact that Brahms had produced a pair of masterpieces was immediately recognised by his mentor Robert Schumann, who eased his young colleague's way into the future with his celebrated article "New Paths" of 1853.