Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) was a German composer and pianist of the Romantic period. His music for piano, chamber ensemble, orchestra, and voice remains central to the concert repertoire.
He wrote across the major forms of his age: piano works from the early sonatas to the late intermezzi and rhapsodies; chamber music including the clarinet sonatas and the horn trio; four symphonies; concertos; and a large body of Lieder, choral music and folk-song arrangements, crowned by A German Requiem.
A virtuoso pianist, he often introduced his own scores. Self-critical to a fault, he destroyed many drafts and withheld others from publication. His craft is grounded in Baroque counterpoint and Classical developmental practice, yet the harmony and melody are unmistakably Romantic. That blend of rigour and expressive freedom has kept the music in constant circulation, from intimate piano pieces and song to the great orchestral and choral canvases.
Johannes Brahms is featured on the following titles
In Other Words
Violinist Anna McMichael and pianist Daniel de Borah devised this programme of transcriptions, two of Australia’s most accomplished chamber musicians. They play the music with virtuosity and style.
Ensemble Liaison: Bruch, Brahms, Beethoven
This is Ensemble Liaison’s debut CD. Formed in 2006, the group was Monash University’s Ensemble in Residence, had performed throughout Australia including for Musica Viva, and had appeared on ABC-TV’s Sunday Arts programme.
Brahms Violin Sonatas
Tall Poppies is proud to release this fine recording by talented young Australian violinist Ben Breen, then living in New York as a musician and sommelier. Breen has a special affinity with the Brahms sonatas, and here teams with veteran American pianist Milton Kaye.
The Inner Line: Music for Piano 4 Hands
Stephen Emmerson taught piano at the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane and Bernard Lanskey at the Guildhall School of Music in London, yet the two still met regularly to give piano four-hand concerts.
Mozart & Brahms: The Clarinet Quintets
Catherine McCorkill joins the Australia Ensemble for two pillars of the clarinet chamber repertoire: Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581, on basset clarinet, and Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115.
Horn Trios
A dazzling trio in horn trios by Banks, Berkeley and Brahms. Anyone who caught their Australian performances in 1998 will know how wonderfully these musicians work together.
Works for Viola and Orchestra
Patricia Pollett's debut solo disc makes a strong case for the viola beyond the usual elegiac repertoire, pairing orchestrated Romantic sonatas with Bruch and a new Australian work.
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Romantic Rarities
Ian Holtham is a distinguished Melbourne pianist with a long discography of Classical and Romantic repertoire, especially Chopin. On his first Tall Poppies release he turns to relatively rare works from the piano literature.
Cello Rhapsody
Pereira's main strength is his passion, heard here in repertoire that ranges from the simplicity of songs to the dramatic nuance of the Hispanic rhapsodies.