🇩🇪Johannes Brahms ： Five Waltzes No.3 in h-moll Op.39-3

No. 3 from Brahms’s Five Waltzes is a compact miniature that maintains the waltz’s triple meter while reaching beyond mere lightness. Its short phrases unfold naturally, and one of its main attractions lies in the contrast between the singing quality of the melody and the flow of the accompaniment. The performance should preserve the unity of the whole while carefully shaping changes in dynamics and breathing from phrase to phrase. In a two-piano performance, it is important to distinguish passages in which the two parts blend their sonorities from those in which they share different roles; rather than simply matching volume, bring the melodic part clearly to the fore to give the music greater depth. Keep the triple-meter pulse flexible rather than rigid, listen closely to the inner voices and bass movement, and allow a natural suppleness within the poised rhythm to bring out the work’s delicate shading.