Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 (Brahms)

Movements

i Intermezzo in A minor, ii Intermezzo in A major, iii Ballade in G minor, iv Intermezzo in F minor, v Romanze in F major, vi Intermezzo in E♭ minor

Notes

Brahms’s Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118, were completed in 1893 and published with a dedication to Clara Schumann. The set was the penultimate of Brahms’s published works. It was also his penultimate work for piano solo.

The pieces are frequently performed. Like Brahms’s other late keyboard works, Op. 118 is more introspective than his earlier piano pieces, which tend to be more virtuosic in character.

Performances