This is a fine but frustrating disc. Admirers of the superb Swedish clarinettist Martin Fröst may already have this version of Brahms' Trio for clarinet, cello and piano Op 114, which was released ...

Two of the great cornerstones of 19th-century chamber music were written by Brahms. Each, in a very different way, is a colossus, and each is a total masterpiece: of structure, craftsmanship and ...

Before it was finally transformed into perhaps the best-known of all Brahms's chamber works, the Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 had begun life as a quintet for strings alone, its initial inspiration ...

Jane Jones explores the work which was an end to early retirement for Brahms. After years of self criticism, and the burden of great expectation laid on his shoulders by friend and mentor Robert ...

Canadian James Campbell's playing with the NZSO evoked a sense of spirited dialogue. Monday's evening of quintets featuring Canadian clarinettist James Campbell with the New Zealand String Quartet ...

Brahms famously ran into problems with a two-cello string quintet, which metamorphosed into a work for two pianos, and then into the great Piano Quintet we know today. Small wonder, then, that his two ...

Brahms struggled for three years to find just the right instrumentation for his Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34. After rejecting several options, he finally settled on piano plus string quartet. It's ...

NEW YORK — A century separates the clarinet quintets of Mozart and Brahms, but at the emotional heart of each sits a slow movement of rapt, bucolic calm. In both, the strings play with mutes, creating ...

String Quintet No. 1 Johannes Brahms, Composer WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players String Quintet No. 2 Johannes Brahms, Composer WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players But whatever ...

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