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Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

185851 min

This guide follows Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 (1858) in three parts: Maestoso (sonata form), Adagio (ternary form) and Rondo: Allegro non troppo (rondo).

Recording: Daniel Barenboim (piano), Staatskapelle Berlin, Gustavo Dudamel

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AnalysisComments
  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II · Ternary form
  3. III: non troppo · Rondo
ISonata form0:42–23:52

in D minor, on a huge scale. The orchestra alone presents the stormy first , a , a lyrical and a , or passage. The piano then enters with a quiet new melody rather than the opening , and the , and third are heard again with the piano. Then come the , the and the . There is no .

  1. 1:
IITernary form24:10–38:42
III: non troppoRondo39:05–51:55

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

At a glance

  1. I. MaestosoSonata form · 23 min · 485 bars
  2. II. AdagioTernary form · 15 min · 105 bars
  3. III. Rondo: Allegro non troppoRondo · 13 min · 536 bars

Questions

How long is Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15?
About 51 min in this recording, in 3 movements: I 23 min, II 15 min and III 13 min.
What form are its movements in?
I: sonata form, II: ternary form and III: rondo.

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