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Songs We Love: Arcadi Volodos, 'Intermezzo In A, Op. 118, No. 2'

The Russian pianist, known for his fiery technique, scales back to let his instrument sing sweetly in an autumnal miniature from late in the career of Johannes Brahms.

The official start of summer may be just around the corner, but this music is a mainline to fall. Not only did write his Intermezzo, Op. 118,

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