Brahms
Best of Brahms: 15 essential works by the genius who mixed Romantic fire with classical soul
Here are 15 pieces that brilliantly demonstrate the genius of Johannes Brahms, who straddled Classical and Romantic, order and emotion, like no one else
Chamber music: a quick guide. Plus, six wonderful chamber works to get you started
What defines a piece of music as 'chamber music' - and where should you start your chamber music journey?
Brahms Symphony No. 3: a guide to his most enigmatic symphony 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
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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
A German Requiem: a guide to Brahms's grandest choral utterance 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
9 December: Brahms’ boozy barber visits
Every day throughout Advent, the season of overindulgence, we’ll be telling a tale of an overindulgent composer
Brahms: A German Requiem – text
Here is the complete text, in German and English, for Brahms's moving Requiem for chorus, orchestra and soloists