John Eliot Gardiner and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra deliver fresh, beautifully detailed Brahms symphonies on CD.

The Cleveland Orchestra moved its July 18 concert indoors, delivering Brahms and Shostakovich with skill despite rehearsal ...

Northern Sinfonia’s main theme of the 2012-13 season is the ‘Romantic Symphony’, featuring the complete cycles of Brahms and Schumann symphonies. Here, music director Thomas Zehetmair provides a ...

It is 20 years since Charles Mackerras made his groundbreaking recordings of the Brahms Symphonies with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. That kind of lean and hungry Brahms, influenced by ideas from ...

When I was hired as a classical producer at Colorado Public Radio in the late 90's, I came with a rock and roll and jazz background. I remember asking one of the ...

The San Diego Symphony’s Brahms Festival will be special in several ways. It’s the first festival the symphony has presented since before the pandemic shutdown, and the first to be held in the ...

When Brahms was told that the theme of the final movement of his first symphony sounded like Beethoven, he reportedly said, "Any idiot can tell that." Hear famous maestros lead the music. The Four ...

Conductor Robin Ticciati creates a distinct sound world for each symphony, while Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s playing is unfailingly vivid I wouldn’t usually recommend listening to all four Brahms ...

Symphony No. 1 Johannes Brahms, Composer Thomas Zehetmair, Conductor Winterthur Musikkollegium Orchestra Symphony No. 2 Thomas Zehetmair, Conductor Johannes Brahms, Composer Winterthur Musikkollegium ...

The character of the Fourth Symphony has been described as autumnal. Even if it weren't the last of Brahms' symphonies, the description would fit, for surely none of the others presents the same ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Unless period instruments are involved, a new recording of Brahms symphonies today ranks almost as superfluous: there ...