Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances The Hungarian Dances (German: Ungarische Tänze) by Johannes Brahms are a set of 21 lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, completed in 1879. They vary from about a minute to five minutes in length. They are among Brahms's most popular works and were the most profitable for him. Each dance has been arranged for a wide variety of instruments and ensembles. Brahms originally wrote the version for piano four hands (piano duet: two players using one piano) and later arranged the first ten dances for solo piano. In 1850 Brahms met the Hungarian violinist Ede Reményi and accompanied him in a number of recitals over the next few years. This was his introduction to "gypsy-style" music such as the csardas, which was later to prove the foundation of his most lucrative and popular compositions, the two sets of Hungarian Dances (published 1869 and 1880).Only numbers 11, 14 and 16 are entirely original compositions. The better-known Hungarian Dances include Nos. 1 and 5, the latter of which was based on the csárdás "Bártfai emlék" (Memories of Bártfa) by Hungarian composer Béla Kéler, which Brahms mistakenly thought was a traditional folksong. A footnote on the Ludwig-Masters edition of a modern orchestration of Hungarian Dance No.1 states: "The material for this dance is believed to have come from the Divine Csárdás (ca. 1850) of Hungarian composer and conductor Miska Borzó."
Piano : Hector Moreno & Norberto Capelli Hector Moreno : Born in Rosario (Argentina) from a family of musicians (his mother, Alicia Rivera, was his first teacher), he completed his musical training in his country of origin with Antonio De Raco and Manuel Rego in piano and Ljerko Spiller and Sergio Lorenzi in chamber music.He continued his graduate studies in London on a British Council Fellowship at the Royal College of Music with Bernard Roberts, Phyllis Sellick and Colin Horsley. For more than 25 years he has been playing in a duo with the pianist Norberto Capelli.He has recorded for the Classico Records, Rodolphe, Dynamic, Marco Polo, Arts and Frame record companies. He teaches Main Piano at the "R. Franci ”of Siena.
Norberto Capelli : Born in Buenos Aires he studied piano with Guillermo Iscla and harmony and counterpoint with Carlos Guastavino. He graduated at the Conservatorio Nacional of Buenos Aires being awarded the prize "Carlos Lopez Buchardo".In 1971he attended the masterclasses of Jacques Klein in the International Festival of Petropolis (Brazil).Since 1976 he plays with Héctor Moreno as piano duo with whom he studied at the Royal College of London,in Paris with Jacqueline Robin and in Florence with the Piano Duo Maria Tipo - Alessandro Specchi.He recorded Cds for Frame, Marco Polo, Dynamic, Arts, Brillant, Columna Musica of Barcelona.He is a teacher of Piano and Piano Duo at the Istituto "Rinaldo Franci" of Siena.
