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 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 ...

The Brahms Piano Concertos are two of the largest and most demanding in the repertoire. This season they will be played on consecutive weeks by Denis Kozhukhin. Richard Bratby tells the story of their ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra Zoltán Kocsis, Conductor Johannes Brahms, Composer Sándor Falvai, Piano (3) Odes funèbres Zoltán Kocsis, Conductor ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 1 Johannes Brahms, Composer Paavo Järvi, Conductor Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Nicholas Angelich, Piano (21) Hungarian Dances, Movements: No. 1 in G minor ...

What do you think of this piece?” A student asked, holding out a smartphone. The screen displayed a Brahms Piano Concerto condensed into just 41 seconds. Faced with a short-form clip stitched together ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A generation has passed since period instruments took off, but it is still rare to see a piano of the ...

Having gone back to the original manuscripts, Schiff’s work belongs in the front rank of recent recordings “With the present recording we have tried to recreate and restore the works, to cleanse and ...

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 ...

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 ...