Paul Hindemith was a precocious musical talent. Whatever he touched, he almost instantaneously mastered. He started violin lessons at an early age and was admitted to the Frankfurt Conservatory at age 12. He soon became an accomplished performer on several

String Quartet in A minor Opus 51 Quasi Minuetto, moderato, Allegretto vivace Jerusalem Quartet Sharon Kam, clarinet From Brahms – Clarinet Quintet / String Quartet no. 2 (2013) Released by Harmonia Mundi Brahms: String Quartet in A minor Opus 51

Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 I Allegro Tokyo String Quartet Jon Nakamatsu, piano Jon Manasse, clarinet From Brahms – Quintets Op. 34 & Op. 115 (2012) Released by Harmonia Mundi Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

In 1900, when Boston’s Symphony Hall was being built, Philip Hale, a distinguished American music critic working for the Boston Herald, suggested that a sign should be fitted over the central doorway reading, “Exit in case of Brahms”! Hale’s message

The “German Requiem” by Johannes Brahms, more so than any other of his compositions, first established the composer’s reputation among a wide range of music lovers in Germany, and subsequently secured his international reputation as well. Not unexpectedly, however, the

Among the great composer-musicians of the nineteenth century, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) stands as somewhat of an anomaly. In an age that worshiped flamboyant personalities and in which composers strove to break from tradition in radical new ways, Brahms was a

Prelude and Fugue in G minor: Fugue Edouard Oganessian, organ From Edouard Oganessian – Brahms: Complete Organ Works (2011) Released by Saphir Productions Brahms: Prelude and Fugue in G minor: Fugue Discover Brahms’rarely performed and recorded organ music, in homage

Aix-en-Provence, 12th March 2011. In my previous article I wrote about the Ogdon-Stokowski recording of Brahms’ first piano concerto. Here, I would like to write about the performance of the concerto with consideration to the original score. The concerto, Op.