JOHANNES BRAHMS – VIRTUOZITATE ȘI EMOȚIE ÎN VARIAȚIUNILE PE O TEMĂ DE PAGANINI, OP.35
JOHANNES BRAHMS – VIRTUOSITY AND EMOTION IN VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY PAGANINI, OP.35

Summary/Abstract: Paganini dominated the European music scene for several decades, in a period in which many other performers and composers attempted to display their mastery and imitate the maestro's overwhelming impact. Many have failed in trying to imitate his style and have disappeared from the music scene. Others, however, have successfully integrated aspects of Paganini's virtuosity in to their music. In his piano works, Brahms made great contributions to instrumental technique, illustrated especially in his largests of variations. The variations on a theme of Paganini are written for solo piano and are divided into two sections ("Notebook I", Op. 35/1 and "Notebook II", Op. 35/2). Each section includes a theme, and 14 variations. The work is based on Paganini's Capricio 24 and is known primarily for the technical challenge to which the performer is subjected, but also for the emotional depth it conveys. Brahms named these two sets of variations "Piano Studies", and they are related to the 51 exercises and different arrangements he composed to develop the technique.

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