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Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 by Daniel Barenboim album cover

Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24

by Daniel Barenboim

About This Song

About "Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24" by Daniel Barenboim

A monumental set of variations and fugue, Brahms builds a cathedral from Handel's simple theme. Barenboim's piano becomes architect and congregation, the fugue a soaring spire of counterpoint. The emotional arc moves from stately meditation to ecstatic release, tension between Baroque order and Romantic fervor crackling in every bar.