Since the recent death of Alicia de Larrocha, Joaquín Achúcarro is probably the pre-eminent living Spanish pianist. He's also a significant presence in Dallas, with an endowed professorship at ...

The Brahms Piano Concerto #2 is symphonic in scale with four movements instead of a concerto's typical three. You’ll hear it with soloist Emanuel Ax and the great Dutch conductor who just passed away, ...

Brahms's piano concertos are two of the greatest pillars of the Romantic repertoire. The first, written in 1858 when the composer was still a young man, is like a symphony where piano and orchestra ...

Brahms' Piano Concerto No2 is a big, unruly piece, but Yuja Wang's playing was so dazzling that it even outshone her gown, which shimmered like a chandelier. The piece has a wealth of ideas and ...

Nicholas Angelich (piano), Frankfurt Radio SO/Paavo Järvi Virgin Classics 266 3492 **** American pianist Nicholas Angelich is a burly Brahmsian. He likes a sound that is heavy, textures that are rich, ...

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Brahms composed his first piano concerto in 1858, and premiered the work in Hannover the following year. Although nowadays Brahms is often remembered for his full-blooded, large-scale works, at the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Early in his career, Andras Schiff disdained historical authenticity. Now he embraces it, including on a revelatory new Brahms recording. By David ...

Without any coupling and with some 70 plus other versions to choose from, any new recording of Brahms’s majestic second concerto is really up against it. Mind you this live account, given as recently ...

Is Brahms’s music classical or romantic? Paul Lewis is clear-headed about the answer. His playing in Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 disdains romantic heroics in favour of poise and proportion, fine ...

The Cleveland Orchestra brought an intriguing mix of old and new to this concert at Carnegie Hall: one of the best-loved violin concertos of all time played by a master soloist, an emotionally ...