With opuses 1 2 4 5 and 10 this volume contains virtually all of Johannes Brahms early piano oeuvre with which the budding composer and pianist introduced himself to the public. The Scherzo op. 4 from 1851 stands alongside the sonatas composed between 1851 53 as a substantial single movement that particularly delighted Robert Schumann leading him to direct the public s special attention to his young colleague in his famous article New Paths in 1853. Written the following year the Four Ballades op. 10 complete the volume. Already they strike a new more Romantic note that Brahms described to Clara Schumann thus: They are not very difficult and even less difficult tounderstand . This Urtext edition offers a revision of the musical text based on the new Brahms Complete Edition with an extensive preface by editor Katrin Eich. With opuses 1 2 4 5 and 10 this volume contains virtually all of Johannes Brahms early piano oeuvre with which the budding composer and pianist introduced himself to the public. The Scherzo op. 4 from 1851 stands alongside the sonatas composed between 1851 53 as a substantial single movement that particularly delighted Robert Schumann leading him to direct the public s special attention to his young colleague in his famous article New Paths in 1853. Written the following year the Four Ballades op. 10 complete the volume. Already they strike a new more Romantic note that Brahms described to Clara Schumann thus: They are not very difficult and even less difficult tounderstand . This Urtext edition offers a revision of the musical text based on the new Brahms Complete Edition with an extensive preface by editor Katrin Eich.
