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 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
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)