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Variations on a Theme of Paganini for piano, Op. 35

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This guide follows Brahms’s Variations on a Theme of Paganini for piano, Op. 35 (1863) in one part (theme and variations).

Recording: Evgeny Kissin (piano) (1996)

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Theme and variations0:01–22:37

The is stated first, and the first four variations follow every 24 . Variations 1 and 2 use parallel thirds and sixths. 5 gives the hands different metres. Variations 7 and 8 rest on octaves approached by wide leaps. 12 is quiet filigree, and 13 uses octave glissandos. Then 14 begins, and the book closes with a of several short études.

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