1880s

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Symphony · Classical

Symphony No. 4

Johannes Brahms and Carlos Kleiber

1885

The finale is thirty variations over an eight-bar bass line lifted from Bach. At the private play-through one friend begged him to scrap the finale.

★ 7.0

Concerto · Classical

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

Tchaikovsky and Van Cliburn

1888

The pianist he wrote it for called it worthless and unplayable, so Tchaikovsky premiered it in Boston instead, where it was a triumph.

★ 6.6