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 ...

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 ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Johannes Brahms wrote 18 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen as Carlos Santana, Branford Marsalis and others pick their favorites of the moody master of 19th-century music. In the past, we’ve chosen the ...

Pianist Gwendolyn Mok is into the Big Bang behind musical compositions. What was it that led Beethoven or Ravel to create their “sound worlds?” she asks. Here’s what she thinks: Music often rises out ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The ageing process was not kind to Brahms. As a young adult he still looked juvenile but, by the time he ...