Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Variations over a theme by Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), Op. 56 b
- Chorale St. Antoni: Andante
- Var. 1: Andante con moto
- Var. 2: Vivace
- Var. 3. Con moto
- Var. 4. Andante
- Var. 5: Poco presto
- Var. 6: Vivace
- Var. 7: Grazioso
- Var. 8: Poco presto
- Finale: Andante
Witold Lutoslawski (1913–1994)
Variations over a theme by Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Suite for two pianos No. 1 Op. 5, Fantaisie Tableaux
1. Barcarolle
At dusk half-heard the chill wave laps
Beneath the gondola's slow oar
...once more a song! once more the twanged guitar!
...now sad, now gaily ringing,
The barcarolle comes winging.
"The boat slid by, the waters clove:
So time glides o'er the surge of love;
The waters will grow smooth again,
But what can rouse a passion slain!"
– Lermontov
2. La nuit ... l'amour (The Night ... the love)
It is the hour when from the boughs
The nightingale's high note is heard;
It is the hour when lovers's vows
Seem sweet in every whisper'd word;
And gentle winds, and waters near,
Make music to the only ear.
– Byron
3. Les Larmes (The Tears)
Tears, human tears, that pour forth beyond telling,
Early and late, in the dark, out of sight,
While the world goes on its way all unwittingly,
Numberless, stintless, you fall unremittingly,
Pouring like rain, the long rain that is welling
Endlessly, late in the autumn at night.
– Tyutchev
4. Paques (Easter)
Across the earth a mighty peal is sweeping
Till all the booming air rocks like a sea,
As silver thunders carol forth the tidings,
Exulting in that holy victory...
– Khomyakov
