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 ...

The young American pianist Nicholas Angelich was born to play Brahms, and he has been wise to capitalise on the fact. All his Virgin Classics discs so far have been of Brahms’s music, be it works for ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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