Right at the end of my conversation with Alexandre Kantorow, I happen to ask him what else he is putting on his recording with Brahms’s Sonata No 2 in F sharp minor. Just as well, because his answer ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: ‘Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Handel ...

Since the recent death of Alicia de Larrocha, Joaquín Achúcarro is probably the pre-eminent living Spanish pianist. He's also a significant presence in Dallas, with an endowed professorship at ...

Brahms's piano concertos are two of the greatest pillars of the Romantic repertoire. The first, written in 1858 when the composer was still a young man, is like a symphony where piano and orchestra ...

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Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Brahms’s B major Trio offers both an early and late word from the composer. This article contains ...

Today's composers would love to discover the elusive formula for artistic permanence. But it was probably always so. Even German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) did not instantly achieve the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Early in his career, Andras Schiff disdained historical authenticity. Now he embraces it, including on a revelatory new Brahms recording. By David ...

Aimez-vous Brahms? Some love Brahms, often for the passion. Others can’t stomach the man’s thick-textured, thickly harmonic, tradition-thick music. LA Weekly music critic Alan Rich led the legions of ...

Brahms composed his first piano concerto in 1858, and premiered the work in Hannover the following year. Although nowadays Brahms is often remembered for his full-blooded, large-scale works, at the ...

Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 Tom Service recommends recordings of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat Major ...