The Piano Concerto #1 by Johannes Brahms
The Brahms Piano Concerto #1 is, for me, like a Symphony for Piano and orchestra. In fact, at its origin the composer planned it as a piece for two pianos. He soon realized that he …
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Johannes Brahms Intermezzo Opus 117, #2
The Three Intermezzi Op 117 are products of the final phase of Brahms’ creativity. They belong to the astonishing collection of short piano pieces that he composed in 1892–3 and published in four collections, Opp …
Janine Jansen Performs the Violin Concerto by Brahms
Johannes Brahms composed his Violin Concerto for his friend and renowned violinist, Joseph Joachim. Many critics at the time claimed the music Brahms had written was too difficult as it included rapid broken chords, scales …
Julia Fischer Performs the Brahms Violin Concerto
Born to German-Slovak parents, Julia Fischer began violin lessons aged three.At the age of six, Fisher began lessons at the Leopold Mozart Conservatory in Augsburg and three years later became a pupil of Ana Chumachenco …
Tabea Zimmermann Plays the Brahms Viola Sonata #2
Composer Johannes died on April 3, 1897. A few years earlier the outstanding clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld inspired Brahms to compose several works, including two sonatas. Brahms intended that the Clarinet sonatas could be equally suitable …