Brahms piano suggestions

[pencilart3]

Need a medium difficulty Brahms piece to accompany Stravinsky’s Danse Russe and Mozart Sonata k330 next semester. Suggestions?

[pianoville]

How long do you want the piece to be? For something longer I would recommend any of the four late opuses 116-119, they are all great masterpieces. You could always choose one or two pieces from one of these opuses too if you don't want to play an entire opus. Then there is also the op 10 ballades which are wonderful while not quite as complex as late Brahms. Whatever you pick you can't go wrong. Every piano piece by Brahms is a masterpiece!

[georgey]

Single piece in the 6 to 10 minute range that is (mostly) not a slow piece:

If you don’t mind very commonly played: 
Either of the 2 Rhapsodies Op. 79
Rhapsodie (#4) from opus 119 (Allegro risoluto) – maybe 5.5 minutes

Less common but still great:
Theme and variation in D minor (his successful transcription of his 2nd movement of op 18 string sextet)
Variations on a Hungarian song Op21 #2 – very early work, but worth hearing

[visitor]

this is so rad, i not unknown but just doesn't seem to have the spotlight his other works have in terms of what i found other students playing when they did Brahms...worth checkin out , i love this thing, it's on my short list along with the transcription of the Scherzo from Schumann piano quintet

[georgey]

How long do you want the piece to be? For something longer I would recommend any of the four late opuses 116-119, they are all great masterpieces. You could always choose one or two pieces from one of these opuses too if you don't want to play an entire opus. Then there is also the op 10 ballades which are wonderful while not quite as complex as late Brahms. Whatever you pick you can't go wrong. Every piano piece by Brahms is a masterpiece!

Op 10 Ballades are masterpieces, no doubt.  A pianist would be very fortunate to spend time on these.

[georgey]

this is so rad, i not unknown but just doesn't seem to have the spotlight his other works have in terms of what i found other students playing when they did Brahms...worth checkin out , i love this thing, it's on my short list along with the transcription of the Scherzo from Schumann piano quintet

Haha Schumann.  I agree that your Brahms choice is great.