It’s hard to think of a better recording of Brahms’ late solo works for piano, even if the two concertos they are packaged with here are less convincing At first sight it seems odd to package Igor ...

Having gone back to the original manuscripts, Schiff’s work belongs in the front rank of recent recordings “With the present recording we have tried to recreate and restore the works, to cleanse and ...

The latest addition to the MSO Live Series, ABC Classics proudly presents Brahms’ Piano Concertos No.1 & 2. The only piano concertos Brahms composed are performed sumptuously here by soloist Garrick ...

Time was when Daniel Barenboim tore into Brahms’s “First Piano Concerto” as if he was in an Olympian fury. In this performance he is subdued, pensively rhapsodic, cautious in the face of impending ...

The contrast didn't go as far as ridiculous and sublime, but hearing piano concertos by Leroy Anderson and Johannes Brahms on two successive nights at Miller Outdoor Theatre was certainly a lesson in ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A generation has passed since period instruments took off, but it is still rare to see a piano of the ...

Towering strength and conviction in the service of the greater glory of Brahms Although Nicholas Angelich’s repertoire ranges far and wide, he has made a speciality in Brahms, music superbly suited to ...

Johannes Brahms can be forgiven for taking, by some accounts, anywhere from 14 to 21 years to complete his First Symphony. It was expected that he would follow in the mighty footsteps of that other ...

Sunwook Kim’s second recording of Brahms’s First Piano Concerto in a little over three years, with the Staatskapelle Dresden and Myung-Whun Chung, was captured live in Seoul in September 2019. The ...

Few piano concertos speak as cogently as the two that came from Brahms’ pen. Though vastly different in character, together they represent a pinnacle of 19th century pianism. True, each lies awkwardly ...

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 ...

The Brahms Piano Concertos are two of the largest and most demanding in the repertoire. This season they will be played on consecutive weeks by Denis Kozhukhin. Richard Bratby tells the story of their ...