🇩🇪Johannes Brahms ： Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes No.5 in D-Dur Op.65a-5

The fifth piece in Brahms’s four-hand piano arrangement based on the Neue Liebeslieder. Built on the light triple meter of the waltz, its melodies and accompanying figures pass intimately between the four hands, transferring the flow of the original vocal writing into the sonority of the piano. While shaping subtle changes of expression from one musical phrase group to the next, performers should maintain a natural continuity throughout, as in a single dance. It is important to bring out the principal melody clearly while keeping the inner voices and bass from becoming too heavy. Use the pedal only to the extent that the sound remains clear, and coordinate both players’ breathing and the sway of the triple meter to express the songfulness and elegance within its lively character.