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Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman’s carefully thought out and well regulated ensemble work in Brahms’ F minor sonata often appears to echo the string sonorities
This pairing should be familiar from LP days and from a previous reissue. The new remastering in DG’s The Originals series makes for cleaner, less
Anton Kuerti approaches Brahms’ piano concertos in the taut, fire-and-brimstone manner espoused by his one-time teacher, Rudolf Serkin, as opposed to the magisterial breadth characterizing
Pierre Fournier and Artur Schnabel recorded Beethoven’s five cello sonatas in 1947 and 1948, although only the last three were issued at that time. The
Before I heartily endorse this impassioned and superbly played Brahms Quintet, several factors might affect your decision to buy it. One concerns MDG’s overly reverberant,
Looking for Brahms’ solo piano music in first rate, well-recorded performances at super-budget price? Then consider this boxed set, featuring five pianists. Some of the
Don’t look for charm, tenderness, or lyrical repose in Stefan Vladar’s Brahms. That’s not his way. You probably know that if you’ve heard his previous
This so-called “Best of Brahms” collection begins with Jaap van Zweden’s rather faceless and lackluster rendition of the Fourth Symphony, wherein the Netherlands Philharmonic offers
When he’s “on”, Bernard Haitink is such a sincere, musical conductor that it’s distressing just how patchy his work seems to be nowadays. Take this
The most prominent feature of Semyon Bychkov’s new live Brahms cycle is its overall light touch. The conductor’s predominantly swift tempos, combined with his careful
