Brahms
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NewsPieter 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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New Zealand Quartet; Maria Lambros: Brahms
Young quartet bring a youthful spontaneity to Brahms’s string quintets
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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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Raphael Wallfisch, John York: Brahms Cello Sonatas
A duo of nearly four decades’ standing celebrates with Brahms
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WIN Augustin Hadelich's new CD of Brahms and Ligeti concertos
In the April 2019 issue of The Strad , Augustin Hadelich discusses his new recording juxtaposes ’the Romantic Brahms and the recovering avant-gardist Ligeti’. ’The violin is not always front and centre in the Brahms Concerto,’ he says. ’It is part of the larger ensemble and always ...
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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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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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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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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
