Brahms: Paganini Variations & Liszt: Various Piano Works Alexander Gavrylyuk

• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
• 1 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: I. Thema, non troppo presto 00:28
• 2 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: 2. Variation 1 00:25
• 3 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: 3. Variation 2 00:27
• 4 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: 4. Variation 3 00:25
• 5 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: 5. Variation 4 01:21
• 6 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: 6. Variation 5 00:57
• 7 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: 7. Variation 6 00:22
• 8 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: 8. Variation 7 00:26
• 9 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: 9. Variation 8 00:31
• 10 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: 10. Variation 9 01:41
• 11 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: 11. Variation 10 01:37
• 12 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: 12. Variation 11, andante 01:43
• 13 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: 13. Variation 12 01:29
• 14 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: 14. Variation 13 00:32
• 15 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1: 15. Variation 14, allegro - presto ma non troppo 02:01
• 16 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 16. Thema 00:28
• 17 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 17. Variation 1 00:56
• 18 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 18. Variation 2, poco animato 00:43
• 19 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 19. Variation 3 00:33
• 20 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 20. Variation 4, poco allegretto 00:59
• 21 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 21. Variation 5 00:22
• 22 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 22. Variation 6, poco più vivace 00:21
• 23 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 23. Variation 7 00:22
• 24 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 24. Variation 8, allegro 00:37
• 25 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 25. Variation 9 00:54
• 26 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 26. Variation 10, feroce, energico 00:46
• 27 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 27. Variation 11, vivace 00:28
• 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 28. Variation 12, un poco andante 01:21
• 29 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 29. Variation 13, un poco più andante 01:10
• 30 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2: 30. Variation 14, presto ma non troppo 01:30
• 31 Consolidations, S. 172: Consolidation No. 3 in D-Flat Major 04:08
• 32 Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514 11:27
• 33 Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Isoldes Liebestod 06:52
• 34 Danse macabre, Op. 40 09:30
• 35 Venezia e Napoli, S. 162: No. 3, Tarantella 09:40
• Total Runtime 01:07:32

Info for Brahms: Paganini Variations & Liszt: Various Piano Works

On his third album for Piano Classics, Alexander Gavrylyuk chose works close to his heart, in which his unique gifts may equally shine: his amazing technical mastery and his deep emotional involvement. Never playing for the sake of mere effect, he employs his stupendous virtuosity as a carrier of the musical content, always in service of the dramatic or poetic gesture.

Included are the famous Paganini Variations by Brahms (his most virtuosic piano work), and a selection of piano works by Liszt: Mephisto Waltz, Danse macabre, Isolde’s Liebestod, Consolation and Tarantella.

Gavrylyuk, in his early thirties, plays in the most important venues of the world, with prestigious orchestras and conductors: Concertgebouw Orchestra (4 years in a row!), New York Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, NHK Philharmonic, with conductors like Blomstedt, Järvi, Jurowski, Vänska, Petrenko, Fedoseyev and Gergiev. His total involvement and devotion make his concerts into events, never failing to bring the audience on their feet.

“[Gavrylyuk] is a virtuoso in the fullest sense and few pianists have relished Brahms’s expressive range as well as his ferocious demands in his Op. 35 more inclusively…he remains among an elite able to reach out far beyond mere proficiency to the musical heart of [Brahms’s] variations…[in the Liszt] Gavrylyuk is as vivid and characterful as he is dextrous. Well recorded, this album should be in every serious collector’s library.” (Gramophone)

Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano

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