Sonata Nos 1&2, 2 Rhapsodies op.79
These Sonatas, the product of Brahms' late teens, are op.1 and op.2 in his catalogue (although I believe op.2 was actually written first). The point is that these works, full of teenage bombast, don't really sound very Brahmsian at all... you'd more likely have them down as early Liszt! That aside, the playing from Katchen is wonderfully assured... so very pleased he elected, over the course of 3 years, to record the complete piano output of JB, much of which simply isn't often covered.
