Duration: 16 minutes

Description: The last completed work by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 was composed following the death of his lifelong friend Clara Schumann. Together, they afforded the composer an opportunity for reflection toward the end of his own life, drawing from the Lutheran chorale tradition. A selection of six preludes, arranged for piano by Ferruccio Busoni, is here presented in this LudwigMasters reprint edition. Included: 1. My inmost heart rejoiceth (No. 4); 2. Deck thyself out, o my soul (No. 5); 3. A rose breaks into bloom (No. 8); 4. My inmost heart doth yearn (1st version, No. 9); 5. My inmost heart doth yearn (2nd version, No. 10); 6. O world, I e’en must leave thee (No. 11).

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