Piano Music

Solo piano works

     Piano sonatas

          Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1  (1853)

          Piano Sonata No. 2 in F♯ minor, Op. 2   (1853)

           Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5   (1853)


     Variations

          Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in F♯ minor, Op. 9  (1854)

          Theme and Variations in D minor, Op. 18b (1860), after the second movement 
                                                                  of the String Sextet No. 1 in B♭ major

          Two Sets of Variations, Op. 21

          Eleven Variations on an Original Theme, in D major  (1857)

          Fourteen Variations on a Hungarian Melody, in D major  (1854)

          Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24   (1861)

          Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35  (1863)


   Other solo piano works

          Scherzo in E♭ minor, Op. 4  (1851)

          Four Ballades, Op. 10  (1854)

          Sixteen Waltzes, Op. 39  (1865). Two versions (difficult and simple) arranged 
                                      from the four-hand version.   No. 15 is especially famous.

          Eight Pieces, Op. 76  (1878)  (capriccios and intermezzos)

                    Capriccio in F♯ minor

                    Capriccio in B minor

                    Intermezzo in A♭ major

                    Intermezzo in B♭ major

                    Capriccio in C♯ minor

                    Intermezzo in A major

                    Intermezzo in A minor

                    Capriccio in C major

          Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79  (1879)

          Seven Fantasias, Op. 116  (1892)

                    Capriccio in D minor

                     Intermezzo in A minor

                     Capriccio in G minor

                     Intermezzo in E major

                     Intermezzo in E minor

                     Intermezzo in E major

                     Capriccio in D minor

          Three Intermezzi, Op. 117  (1892)

                     Intermezzo in E♭ major

                     Intermezzo in B♭ minor

                     Intermezzo in C♯ minor

          Six Pieces, Op. 118  (1893)  One of Brahms' most popular piano works

                     Intermezzo in A minor. Allegro non assai, ma molto appassionato

                     Intermezzo in A major. Andante teneramente

                     Ballade in G minor. Allegro energico

                     Intermezzo in F minor. Allegretto un poco agitato

                     Romanze in F major. Andante

                     Intermezzo in E♭ minor. Andante, largo e mesto

          Four Pieces (intermezzos), Op. 119  (1893)

                     Intermezzo in B minor

                     Intermezzo in E minor

                     Intermezzo in C major

                     Rhapsody in E♭ major


Two pianos/four hands

          Variations for 4 hands on a Theme by Schumann, Op. 23  (1861)

          Sonata for Two Pianos, in F minor, Op. 34b (1863) - Earlier version of the Piano Quintet

          Sixteen Waltzes, Op. 39  (1865). There is also an arrangement of numbers 1, 2, 11, 14, 
                                       and 15 for two pianos. 

          Liebeslieder, Op. 52a - arrangement of Op. 52

          Variations on a Theme by Haydn, for two pianos, Op. 56b  (1873)

          Neue Liebeslieder, Op. 65a - arrangement of Op. 65

          WoO 1, (21) Hungarian Dances  (1869 - 1879)



Organ works

          Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op. 122  (1896)

          WoO 7, Chorale Prelude and Fugue on "O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid"

          WoO 8, Fugue in A♭ minor

          WoO 9, Prelude and Fugue in A minor

          WoO 10, Prelude and Fugue in G minor