Brahms Intermezzo: New Lebanon, New York is home to a prep school, a Shaker tourist site, and a fine chamber-music series held in what was once the local tannery. Russian pianist Kirill Gerstein ...

(7) Pieces, Movements: No. 6, Intermezzo in E Jonas Vitaud, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Op 118 hits and misses. The A major Intermezzo, for example, is sombre and withdrawn compared to Lars Vogt’s ...

In his last three sets of piano pieces, all unnecessary rhetoric is purged from Brahms's music. There is no hectoring or lecturing, no celebration of virtuosity for its own sake. Lars Vogt is the ...

Solomon’s 1947 account of the concerto is arguably the most cultured on record, displaying a blend of strength, delicacy and inward vision that translates every last detail without sacrificing ...

Jonathan Plowright’s survey of Brahms’s piano music for BIS could hardly have got off to a more auspicious start. The main piece here is the F sharp minor Piano Sonata Op 2, and from the first few ...

Most striking in Chaplin’s readings is his ability to create pellucid textures, allowing Brahms’s polyphony to stand out in bold relief. And to a greater extent than many performers, Chaplin defines ...

A famous set of variations by Brahms is ahead later in the hour. First, we've got a Brahms Intermezzo that was inspired by a Scottish folk tune. Pianist Helene Grimaud plays the Intermezzo, Op. 117, ...