Brahms reviews
Brahms's Clarinet Quintet: a guide to his chamber masterpiece and its best recordings
The charms of post-retirement Brahms enthral Stephen Johnson as he names the best recordings of the German’s late chamber masterpiece, his Clarinet Quintet
A guide to Brahms’s A German Requiem and its best recordings
Natasha Loges explores Brahms’s unique reflection on the journey towards the grave and the afterlife as she compares the best recordings of A German Requiem
Rhapsody (Varduhi Abrahamyan)
Varduhi Abrahamyan; Il canto di Orfeo; Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco/Gianluca Capuano (Decca)
Salisbury Meditation
John Challenger (organ) (AJM)
Festmusik – A Legacy
Septura; Onyx Brass/John Wilson (Chandos)
Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (Schiff/OAE)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/András Schiff (piano) (ECM)
Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas etc
Julian Bliss (clarinet), James Baillieu (piano) (Signum Classics)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, etc (Lepizig/Blomstedt)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Herbert Blomstedt (Pentatone)
Passionato (Fabian Müller)
Fabian Müller (piano) (Berlin Classics)
Virtuoso Dances
Linus Roth (violin), José Gallardo (piano) (Evil Penguin)
Brahms: Sonatas, Op. 120, etc
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Cédric Tiberghien (piano), et al (Harmonia Mundi)
The Dark Night Has Vanished
Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) (Linn Records)
Credo (Marina Rebeka)
Marina Rebeka (soprano); Latvian Radio Choir; Sinfonietta Riga/Modestas Pitrėnas (Prima Classic)
Brahms • Dohnányi: Violin Sonatas
Jenna Sherry (violin), Dániel Löwenberg (piano) (BMC)
Brahms • R Schumann: Lieder
Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (piano) (DG)
Klengel • R Schumann: Cello Concertos
Raphaela Gromes (cello), et al; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Carter (Sony Classical)
Good Night! (Bertrand Chamayou)
Bertrand Chamayou (piano) (Erato)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Four Pieces for Piano
Joseph Moog (piano); German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra/Nicholas Milton (Onyx Classics)
Brahms • Fauré • Schubert: Piano Trios, etc
Trio Isimsiz (Rubicon)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Tragic Overture
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Herbert Blomstedt (Pentatone)
Encounter (Igor Levit)
Igor Levit (piano) (Sony Classical)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Klavierstücke, Op. 118
Sunwook Kim; Staatskapelle Dresden/Myung-Whun Chung (Accentus)
Brahms • Jörg Widmann: Clarinet Sonatas; Intermezzi
Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Andras Schiff (piano) (ECM)
Brahms: Cello Sonatas Nos 1 & 2; Violin Sonata No. 1, etc
Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Francesco Piemontesi (piano) (Orfeo)