Richard Strauss - Piano Music - 'Andante, teneramente', LIVE

Richard Strauss - "Andante, teneramente", from Five Piano Pieces op. 3
Alex Alguacil, piano. Live at Palau de la Música Catalana.

This is the first piece of Fünf Klavierstücke, op. 3 (1880-81) a group of five pieces in a romantic style, influenced by Schumann and Mendelssohn. The melody of the beginning - two ascending notes at an octave distance followed by three descending notes - is a motif that will appear in the other four pieces, either literally or transformed, thus giving certain unity to the whole composition. This little motive will be used by Strauss in later works, for example in Death and Transfiguration, expressing a sort of nostalgic memory or romantic longing.

🎵Listen the complete selection I played live at Palau de la Música in Barcelona:

🎬 Watch my explicative video about the piano music of Strauss:
DISCOVERING THE PIANO MUSIC OF RICHARD STRAUSS:

📓Read the digital booklet from my last CD

--------------
MORE PIANO MUSIC BY RICHARD STRAUSS

"Allegro molto", from Fünf Klavierstücke, op. 3

"Beside the Spring", from Stimmungsbilder op. 9

"In Silent Forests", from Stimmungsbilder, op. 9

-----

[marcow]

Very Schumannesque; a beautifully tender love and expression

[adeemuff]

Thank you for posting this. Beautiful playing. This is the first time I hear this miniature. My exposure to Strauss' piano output was limited to Burlesque until this moment :)

[isaiahtricemusic]

0:18 must have been a bottle cap hitting the floor! 🤣