Brahms’ Countryside.
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 As many of you know, I love the music of Johannes Brahms, and I actually visited some of the villages in Austria where Brahms composed and spent his summer vacations. …
Johannes Brahms Archive
Which Version?
Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto for Cello, violin, and Orchestra. I was 14 years old when I was accepted into my very first orchestra. And I recall the experience of my learning the 2nd violin …
Brahms’ Contryside.
Two Brahms Masterpieces: Double concerto, and Symphony #2. The symphony #2 by Johannes Brahms is one of my great favorites, because I hear in it the composer painting the Austrian countryside. The composer spent …
Sol Gabetta’s Duo.
Hélène Grimaud and Sol Gabetta: Sonatas for Cello and Piano. This album presents the same program that these two artists performed at concerts in Switzerland: Robert Schumanns Fantasiestucke, Claude Debussys Sonata for Cello and …
Brahms’ Clarinet.
Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas and Clarinet Trio. The 20-year-old clarinetist Raphaël Sévère, and pianist Adam Laloum demonstrate that in the burnished colors of these sonatas, the composer chose the clarinet to bid a melancholy farewell …