21 Hungarian Dances 16 Waltzes

1. No.3 in G-sharp minor
2. No.5 in E
3. No.6 in C sharp (Vivace)
4. No.3 in F (Allegretto - Vivace - Tempo 1 - Vivace - Tempo 1)
5. No.4 in F minor (Poco sostenuto - Vivace - Molto allegro)
6. No.5 in F sharp (Allegro - Vivace - Allegro)
7. No.6 in D flat (Vivace - Molto sostenuto - Vivace)
8. No.7 in F (Allegretto)
9. No.8 in A (Presto)
10. No.7 in C sharp minor (Poco più andante)
11. No.8 in B flat
12. No.14 in A minor
13. No.4 in E minor (Poco sostenuto)
14. No.9 in E minor (Allegro non troppo - Poco sostenuto - Tempo 1)
15. No.9 in D minor
16. No.10 in G
17. No.10 in E
18. No.15 in A
19. No.1 in B (Tempo giusto)
20. No.1 in G minor (Allegro molto)
21. No.2 in D minor (Allegro non assai - Vivo - Tempo 1)
22. No.16 in D minor
23. No.11 in D minor (Poco andante)
24. No.12 in D minor (Presto - Poco meno presto - Presto)
25. No.13 in D (Andantino grazioso - Vivace - Andantino grazioso)
26. No.14 in D minor (Un poco andante)
27. No.15 in B flat (Allegretto grazioso)
28. No.16 in F minor (Con moto - Presto - Poco meno presto - Tempo 1)
29. No.17 in F sharp minor (Andantino - Vivace non troppo - Meno presto - Vivace)
30. No.18 in D (Molto vivace)
31. No.11 in B minor
32. No.12 in E
33. No.13 in C
34. No.19 in B minor (Allegretto - Più presto - Allegretto)
35. No.2 in E
36. No.20 in E minor (Poco Allegretto - Vivace - Tempo 1)
37. No.21 in E minor (Vivace - Più presto)

“Exceedingly satisfied with our musical collaboration on our Brahms/Schumann recording, I suggested to Hélène Mercier that we take on the complete cycles of Brahms’s 21 Hungarian Dances and 16 Waltzes, Op.39, which, unlike me, she had already played in concert. It was extremely important to both of us that the gypsy spirit was to the fore in the Hungarian Dances, likewise Viennese elegance in the Waltzes. I must humbly acknowledge how impressed I was by my Quebecoise partner’s level of understanding of this very distinctive music. All her musical suggestions that broke with the usual rules made sense, and we tried never to lose sight of the improvisatory character symbolising the freedom of the Gypsies.” - Cyprien Katsaris