Johannes Brahms Archive

Alfred Brendel retired from public performances ten years ago, so it was a pleasure to discover two previously unreleased live recordings of music by Schumann and Brahms, broadcast on Austrian radio but only released on …

I really don’t know how many conductors have already released recordings of the four symphonies by Johannes Brahms. And… here we go with yet another one of these albums. Daniel Barenboim is both a pianist, …

Johannes Brahms (1833-1896) absorbed and integrated the musical legacy of his time, as did J.S. Bach before him. The music of Brahms is intimately connected to and rooted in the German-Austrian tradition that he inherited. …

Here is a recent new recording of works for Cello and piano that you might enjoy: Performers: Adam Stadnicki, Cello Galia Kolarova, Piano Composers: Brahms, Johannes (1833-97) Frandsen, John (b.1956) Janáček, Leoš (1854-1928) Works: Brahms: …

My favorite conductor is Carlos Kleiber. While he died in 2004, he is still my favorite. From my reading I conclude that he was a complex and often a difficult person to deal with, he …