Disc 1
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Destiny, Birth and Childhood. Includes excerpts from Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' Sonata (opening) a
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~From Brothel to Beethoven. Includes excerpt from Souvenir de la Russie
- Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~A Life-Changing Tour
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Meeting with Joachim
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5~Scherzo
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Joachim Weighs In
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Enter the Schumanns
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5~1st movement
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Prophecy and Tragedy: A Double Yoke
- Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87~Scherzo
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Brahms and Clara
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1~Finale
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~A Triangular Bond
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Death of Schumann - and a Fateful Decision
Disc 2
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Young Messiah
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15~Opening
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Virtuoso Takes Flight
- Variations (28) on a Theme of Paganini, for piano, in A minor, Op. 35
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Detmold and Distraction
- Serenade for orchestra No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Birth of the D minor Concerto
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15~Finale
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~A Taste of Failure - and of New Love
- String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18~Andante
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Love, Folly, and a New Calling
- Ich aber bin elend, motet for chorus, Op. 110/1
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Brahms and Wagner
- Variations (25) and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, for piano, in B flat major, Op. 24~Fugue
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Frustrated Hopes and a Mother's Death
- Trio for horn (or viola or cello), violin & piano in E flat major, Op. 40~Finale
Disc 3
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Road to the Requiem
- Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 45~Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Wanderer
- Waltz for piano, 4 hands in E major, Op. 39/2
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Consummate Performer
- Studies (5) for piano, Anh. 1a/1~No. 3. Presto in G minor (after Bach)
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Paradox Personified: The Tender Savage
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83~Andante
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~A Demanding Friend
- Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op. 56a~[Excerpt]
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Eternal Child
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Ghost Exorcised. Includes excerpts from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Finale: Ode to Joy theme) a
- Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68~Finale
Disc 4
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~A Watershed in Brahms's Career
- Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73~3rd movement
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The External Brahms
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~A Free Man at Last. Includes excerpt from Brahms's Piano Sonata No. 1 in C, Op. 1 (Opening flourish
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Rift with Joachim. Includes slow movement from Brahm's Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Composer at Work
- Academic Festival Overture, for orchestra in C minor ("Akademische Festouvert¿¿re"), Op. 80
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Celebrity and Scholar
- Wenn ein starker Gewappneter, for double chorus, Op. 109/2
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Love, Loss, and Reconciliation
- Concerto for violin, cello & orchestra in A minor ("Double"), Op. 102~Slow movement
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Greatest Living Composer - but a Difficult Friend
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Philanthropist
- The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Decline and Death
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83~Finale