A guide to Brahms’ First Symphony, with background, analysis and recommendations for the best recordings.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, January 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1 – Moog, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Milton
Joseph Moog plays Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 and Four Pieces Op. 119, with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie and Nicholas Milton.
Double Review: Khatia Buniatishvili – “Labyrinth”, Bertrand Chamayou – “Good Night!”
In this double review, we compare two multi-track piano recitals – Khatia Buniatishvili’s “Labyrinth”, and Bertrand Chamayou’s “Good Night!”.
Review: Brahms – Clarinet Sonatas – Jörg Widmann, András Schiff
Jörg Widmann and András Schiff perform Brahms’ two Clarinet Sonatas (op. 120), with Widmann’s own Intermezzi for piano (ECM, 2020).
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, October 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Alexandre Kantorow Plays Brahms, Bartók, Liszt
Pianist Alexandre Kantorow in a solo piano program, playing the early Piano Sonata No. 2 by Brahms, and Rhapsodies by Brahms, Liszt and Bartók.
Review: “Encounter” – Igor Levit, Piano
Igor Levit plays piano transcriptions of music by Bach, Brahms and Reger, with Morton Feldman’s “Palais de Mari”.
Review: Brahms – Symphony No. 4 – Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Dausgaard
Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra perform Brahms’ Symphony No.4, with the Tragic Overture and a new arrangement of nine Hungarian Dances.
Review: Brahms – Cello Sonatas – Müller-Schott, Piemontesi
Daniel Müller-Schott and Francesco Piemontesi perform the two Cello Sonatas by Brahms, together with a cello transcription of the second Violin Sonata.
