All Brahms articles
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ReviewPieter Wispelwey: Brahms, Schubert
The final instalment of these splendid additions to the cello repertoire
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Review
Alina Ibragimova: Brahms, C. Schumann
Freshly minted performances of familiar works prove there’s plenty more to say
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Natalia Lomeiko, Yuri Zhislin, Ivan Martin: Brahms and Schubert
Re-scorings of wind to strings hit the mark in this trio of trios
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Primrose Piano Quartet: Brahms
Not an ounce of spare fat on Brahms in transformative period performances
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Augustin Hadelich: Brahms, Ligeti
Two hugely contrasting concertos hold no terrors for a superb player
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News
Pieter Wispelwey wins Brahms Prize for unconventional recording project
The Dutch cellist has won the recognition alongside pianist Paolo Giacometti for five-album survey of duos, including arrangements of works not written for cello
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Review
New Zealand Quartet; Maria Lambros: Brahms
Young quartet bring a youthful spontaneity to Brahms’s string quintets
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Video
Renaud Capucon plays Hungarian Dance No. 5
Renaud Capuçon performs Brahms’s Hungarian Dance No. 5 in this live recording with the Orchestre National de France, conducted by Dominingo Hindoyan.
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Review
Raphael Wallfisch, John York: Brahms Cello Sonatas
A duo of nearly four decades’ standing celebrates with Brahms
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Video
Quartet Gerhard: Brahms String Quartet no.2 in A minor
The Quartet Gerhard perform the first movement of Brahms’s String Quartet in A minor no.2. The Barcelona-based group comprises Lluís Castán Cochs, (violin), Judit Bardolet Vilaró (violin), Miquel Jordà Saún (viola) and Jesús Miralles Roger (cello).
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Focus
Cecilia Zilliacus brings a distinctly Nordic flavour to the Brahms Violin Concerto
In our latest Session Report we join the Swedish violinist in the studio as she records Brahms. Interview by Andrew Mellor
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Video
Hungarian Dance no.5 arranged for cello & piano – Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Tharaud
Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud perform their own transcription of Brahms’ Hungarian Dance no.5, originally written for violin and piano. The duo has recorded the whole set of dances along with the composer’s two cello sonatas. The Strad review reads: ‘The players’ idiomatic arrangements of six of Brahms’s ...
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Review
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Tharaud: Brahms Cello Sonatas
Brahms takes flight in these light-as-air interpretations
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Mira Wang, Jan Vogler: Brahms, Harbison and Rihm double concertos
Poise and clarity in a trio of concertos for violin and cello duo
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Video
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt: Brahms Viola Sonata No.2
Violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt and pianist Asiya Korepanova perform Brahms’s Sonata for Viola and Piano op.120, no.2, in E flat major. The video was filmed on 18 June 2017 at the Linehan concert hall, UMBC, Baltimore, as part of Festival Baltimore.
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Review
Tasmin Little, Piers Lane: Brahms Violin Sonatas
Weaving a little more magic in Brahms’s sonatas
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Masterclass: Jian Wang on Brahms's Cello Sonata No.2 in F Major, second and third movements
The Chinese cellist gives advice on how to play the middle movements of this colourful, passionate work, and calls on cellists’ capacity to play cantabile
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Review
Z.E.N. Trio: works by Brahms and Dvořák
Zhang Zuo, Esther Yoo and Narek Hakhnazaryan in an exploration of Zen and the art of chamber trios
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Masterclass: Julian Rachlin on Brahms's Viola Sonata in F minor
The Lithuanian-born violinist and violist discusses technical preparation, character and colour in the first and second movements of op.120 no.1
