
Brahms often arranged piano duet versions of his latest orchestral works to preview or perhaps “test” the music in front of his friends and colleagues.
Pianist Andor Foldes made a series of recordings for the small Danish Tono label in 1950 and 1951. They appeared on 78 rpm discs just
Presenting these two concertos on one disc offers something of a truncated biography of Adolf Busch the soloist. Not only are these pieces (particularly the
Concertante plays the Brahms Piano Quintet’s first movement with a flowing legato while giving special attention to the music’s dynamic shadings, making for a distinctly
Listeners who respond to the forward propulsion and gritty profile musicians such as Arturo Toscanini, George Szell, Otto Klemperer, Leon Fleisher, Rudolf Serkin, Paul Tortelier,
Question: Where does a 900-pound gorilla sit? Answer: Anywhere he wants! Here’s a release that should be subtitled “Brahms versus King Kong”. Pianist Grigory Sokolov
A delightfully frothy performance of Mozart’s Variations in D major K. 501 makes a promising start to this program of variations for two pianos. Dale
It’s funny how Brahms’ youthful, big-boned F minor sonata often proves to be a youth tonic for veteran pianists, who gleefully brave the work’s considerable
If you haven’t yet acquired these priceless, timeless performances through earlier CD incarnations, here’s your chance, and at budget price, even. Despite the Brahms Concerto’s
The Brahms Concerto is drawn from a live July 1943 broadcast concert with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, the precursor of today’s New York Philharmonic.