Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35 (Brahms)
Movements
i Book 1: Variations 1-14, ii Book 2: Variations 1-14
Notes
Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35, is a work for piano composed in 1863 by Johannes Brahms, based on the Caprice No. 24 in A minor by Niccolò Paganini. The work consists of two books. Each book opens with the theme, Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 in A minor, followed by fourteen variations. The final variation in each section is virtuosic and climactic.
