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Brahms, Johannes - Variations Op 21 Nos 1 & 2 Piano Solo Aurea Capra Digital the Grande Sonata opBrahms began his career as a pianist. His contribution to the piano music of the 19th century is significant in two respects: following Schubert and Schumann he cultivated the small, lyrical form, while as Beethovens successor he admitted large forms such as the piano sonata and variation cycle. His two variation cycles op. 21, published in 1862, place great demands on the performer. In the first cycle, on a lyrical theme in D major, the technique of