The piano pieces opp. 116-119 were written in 1892/93 and are the last collections of pieces which Brahms wrote for the instrument. Particularly noteworthy is his use of the “small form” accompanied by a heightened increase in musical expression compared to his earlier works. Clara Schumann, probably the secret dedicatee of the piano pieces, wrote in her diary in November 1892: “a true source of enjoyment, everything, poetry, passion, fantasy, intimacy, full of the most marvellous sound effec...

• Preface
• Intermezzo in A minor op. 118/1
• Intermezzo in A major op. 118/2
• Ballade in G minor op. 118/3
• Intermezzo in F minor op. 118/4
• Romanze in F major op. 118/5
• Intermezzo in E-flat minor op. 118/6
• Critical Commentary