Disc 1

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
2. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~From Brothel to Beethoven. Includes excerpt from Souvenir de la Russie
3. Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1
4. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~A Life-Changing Tour
5. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Meeting with Joachim
6. Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5~Scherzo
7. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Joachim Weighs In
8. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Enter the Schumanns
9. Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5~1st movement
10. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Prophecy and Tragedy: A Double Yoke
11. Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87~Scherzo
12. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Brahms and Clara
13. Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1~Finale
14. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~A Triangular Bond
15. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Death of Schumann - and a Fateful Decision

Disc 2

16. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Young Messiah
17. Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15~Opening
18. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Virtuoso Takes Flight
19. Variations (28) on a Theme of Paganini, for piano, in A minor, Op. 35
20. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Detmold and Distraction
21. Serenade for orchestra No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
22. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Birth of the D minor Concerto
23. Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15~Finale
24. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~A Taste of Failure - and of New Love
25. String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18~Andante
26. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Love, Folly, and a New Calling
27. Ich aber bin elend, motet for chorus, Op. 110/1
28. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Brahms and Wagner
29. Variations (25) and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, for piano, in B flat major, Op. 24~Fugue
30. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Frustrated Hopes and a Mother's Death
31. Trio for horn (or viola or cello), violin & piano in E flat major, Op. 40~Finale

Disc 3

32. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Road to the Requiem
33. Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 45~Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras
34. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Wanderer
35. Waltz for piano, 4 hands in E major, Op. 39/2
36. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Consummate Performer
37. Studies (5) for piano, Anh. 1a/1~No. 3. Presto in G minor (after Bach)
38. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Paradox Personified: The Tender Savage
39. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83~Andante
40. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~A Demanding Friend
41. Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op. 56a~[Excerpt]
42. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Eternal Child
43. 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
44. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68~Finale

Disc 4

45. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~A Watershed in Brahms's Career
46. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73~3rd movement
47. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The External Brahms
48. 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
49. 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
50. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Composer at Work
51. Academic Festival Overture, for orchestra in C minor ("Akademische Festouvert¿¿re"), Op. 80
52. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Celebrity and Scholar
53. Wenn ein starker Gewappneter, for double chorus, Op. 109/2
54. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Love, Loss, and Reconciliation
55. Concerto for violin, cello & orchestra in A minor ("Double"), Op. 102~Slow movement
56. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Greatest Living Composer - but a Difficult Friend
57. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~The Philanthropist
58. The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts~Decline and Death
59. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83~Finale