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 ...
Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: ‘Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Handel ...
The American-born, Paris-trained pianist on Brahms’s ‘symphony with piano obbligato’ When I was a student at the Paris Conservatoire, I started by learning this piece, not Brahms’s First Concerto.
Since the recent death of Alicia de Larrocha, Joaquín Achúcarro is probably the pre-eminent living Spanish pianist. He's also a significant presence in Dallas, with an endowed professorship at ...
Pianist Lars Vogt joins the Frankfurt Radio Symphony in music by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). We hear a sampling of the Piano Concerto No. 2, the third movement. Daniel Harding conducts.
LENOX — Two outstanding Romantic piano concertos are being featured this weekend at Tanglewood: the Piano Concerto No. 2 of Frédéric Chopin, at 8 p.m., July 22, and the Second Piano Concerto of ...
In October 1988 the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra played its first concert in the new Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. The highlight of the program was Johannes Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 in ...
The young American pianist Nicholas Angelich was born to play Brahms, and he has been wise to capitalise on the fact. All his Virgin Classics discs so far have been of Brahms’s music, be it works for ...
Valentine’s Day may have come and gone, but Saturday night’s Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra concert, “Bidini and Brahms,” was heavy on romance. Music director JoAnn Falletta’s programming of three ...
Although it was love at first sight when Jon Nakamatsu came into contact with a piano at age 4, it wasn’t until he was 30 that he became a full-time concert pianist. The journey was a bit long, but he ...
Towering strength and conviction in the service of the greater glory of Brahms Although Nicholas Angelich’s repertoire ranges far and wide, he has made a speciality in Brahms, music superbly suited to ...