“Gemütlich” translates as “genial” in the German-English dictionary. That is how Brahms’s two Serenades usually feel in performance, but conductor Riccardo Chailly brings to them his characteristic ...

Jorge Rotter’s chamber remake of the D major Serenade was outshone by new works by Hannes Seidl and Michael Quell As we usually hear it today, Brahms’s D major Serenade was his first orchestral work, ...

Brahms has always divided opinion. Britten blew cool about him. Schoenberg was hugely influenced, arranging some of his chamber music for orchestra and writing an essay entitled Brahms the Progressive ...

Variations on a Theme by Haydn, 'St Antoni Chorale Johannes Brahms, Composer Robin Ticciati, Conductor Bamberger Symphoniker Serenade No. 1 Robin Ticciati, Conductor Bamberger Symphoniker Johannes ...

Do you like the opening of Brahms’s Third Symphony to be played with gutsy thrust and blaze and bite? If so, there’s a fair chance that you may find this new account by Iván Fischer and his Budapest ...

A serenade is supposed to be a charming diversion, purely for entertainment. So when Brahms tried to make his Serenade No. 1 into a symphony, it just didn't have the oomph a symphony required. Here it ...

The Brahms Serenade No. 2 in A that opened the National Philharmonic’s program at the Music Center at Strathmore on Saturday was, in many ways, an ideal lead-in to the Fauré Requiem that was the ...

Brahms was careful not to leave much if any evidence of his compositional struggles, thus there’s no score of the original nonet version of his First Serenade. Here, the Linos Ensemble employ a ...

For the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s final concerts of 2021, music director Andris Nelsons has chosen an “All Brahms” program: Serenade No. 2 in A, and Symphony No. 1 in C minor. “All Brahms” programs ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: Brahms from the Bergen Philharmonic ...

A serenade is supposed to be a charming diversion, purely for entertainment. So, when Brahms tried to make his Serenade No. 1 into a symphony, it just didn't have the oomph a symphony required. Here ...