Brahms
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
Brahms's Academic Festival Overture: how an honorary doctorate inspired his rowdy overture
In January 1881 Brahms's new work showed off his frivolous side
What is chamber music?
What defines a piece of music as 'chamber music' - and where should you start your chamber music journey?
A guide to Brahms's Symphony No. 3 and its best recordings
Terry Williams finds the best recordings of Brahms’s Third, one of the composer’s greatest triumphs yet one of his most paradoxical pieces
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
Brahms: A Style Guide
A short guide to the musical style of Johannes Brahms...
Six of the best Brahms recordings
From intimate sonatas to the epic, questing Requiem, we choose some of the best Brahms recordings out there
Five essential works by Brahms
We choose the best pieces by the face of Romanticism, Brahms
9 December: Brahms’ boozy barber visits
Every day throughout Advent, the season of overindulgence, we’ll be telling a tale of an overindulgent composer
Top 10 Brahms works
What are the best pieces of music by the great, late Romantic composer?
Who was Johannes Brahms?
Ivan Hewett, Bayan Northcott and Jessica Duchen take a look at the essence of this enigmatic composer.
Brahms revealed
The lesser-known works of the great German composer
Brahms's A German Requiem – text
Read the text for Brahms's requiem for chorus, orchestra and soloists