“Composition of the ‘Edward’ Ballade may have afforded vicarious release for a personal inner turmoil that Brahms could never bring himself openly to confess.”
— Brian Chapman
“Engaging performances”
— The Age (Melbourne)
“In his notes, he proposes some interesting psychological ideas concerning the Ballades and their relationship to Schumann’s failing health.”
— Tony Way, The Age (Melbourne)
BRAHMS: Piano Pieces — Scherzo in E flat minorOp.4
Four Ballades Op.10 Variations and Fugue on a theme of Handel Op.24 Four Pieces op.119
Also included — Schumann: Romanze in F# major, Op.28 No.2
