Brahms's piano concertos are two of the greatest pillars of the Romantic repertoire. The first, written in 1858 when the composer was still a young man, is like a symphony where piano and orchestra ...

The Brahms Piano Concertos are two of the largest and most demanding in the repertoire. This season they will be played on consecutive weeks by Denis Kozhukhin. Richard Bratby tells the story of their ...

Both of Brahms’s piano concertos are gargantuan works. At nearly fifty minutes in duration, this one lasts longer than any other major Romantic piano concerto by quite some stretch. And talking of ...

Brahms composed his first piano concerto in 1858, and premiered the work in Hannover the following year. Although nowadays Brahms is often remembered for his full-blooded, large-scale works, at the ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 1 Johannes Brahms, Composer Paavo Järvi, Conductor Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Nicholas Angelich, Piano (21) Hungarian Dances, Movements: No. 1 in G minor ...

Is Brahms’s music classical or romantic? Paul Lewis is clear-headed about the answer. His playing in Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 disdains romantic heroics in favour of poise and proportion, fine ...

Having gone back to the original manuscripts, Schiff’s work belongs in the front rank of recent recordings “With the present recording we have tried to recreate and restore the works, to cleanse and ...

Brahms' Piano Concerto No2 is a big, unruly piece, but Yuja Wang's playing was so dazzling that it even outshone her gown, which shimmered like a chandelier. The piece has a wealth of ideas and ...