Particularly when it comes to the Romantic era of the arts, literature and music, it’s easy to consider yesteryear through nostalgia’s amber glass and evoke a kinder, gentler era of serene and genteel ...

One of the earliest orchestral compositions by Johannes Brahms is his Serenade No. 2, composed at the age of 26. As there are no violins in the score, the strings have a darker and heavier sound, but ...

Do you like the opening of Brahms’s Third Symphony to be played with gutsy thrust and blaze and bite? If so, there’s a fair chance that you may find this new account by Iván Fischer and his Budapest ...

The Brahms Serenade No. 2 in A that opened the National Philharmonic’s program at the Music Center at Strathmore on Saturday was, in many ways, an ideal lead-in to the Fauré Requiem that was the ...

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 from the Bergen Philharmonic ...

Daniel Hege believes the legacy of Johannes Brahms is quality, not quantity. With four symphonies, three serenades, a handful of choral works, a requiem and four concertos to his credit, the list ...

A serenade is supposed to be a charming diversion, purely for entertainment. So when Brahms tried to make his Serenade No. 1 into a symphony, it just didn't have the oomph a symphony required. Here it ...

Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting October 7th, 2007 - Buy Brahms Academic Festival Tragic Overtures Variations on a Theme by HaydnSerenade No 2 DVD ...

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Brahms was so intimidated by the achievement of Beethoven as a symphonist that he held off on the composition of his own First Symphony until quite late in his career. But by then he had already ...