The Belcea Quartet’s repertoire continues to range widely, and those impressed by their Schubert or Dutilleux are unlikely to be disappointed with their Brahms. For me, the most impressive feature is ...

Brahms claimed to have written and destroyed 20 string quartets before he managed to complete any he wanted to keep. The two quartets of his Op. 51, which he wrote in 1873, ended a quarter century ...

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"Definitive" is a dangerous word to use about any performance, especially when the work in question is the rich and repeatedly recorded Piano Quintet Op. 34 by Brahms. But this eloquent, expansive and ...

Brahms famously ran into problems with a two-cello string quintet, which metamorphosed into a work for two pianos, and then into the great Piano Quintet we know today. Small wonder, then, that his two ...

ASPEN – This was a good week at the Aspen Music Festival for chamber music, and especially Brahms. On Tuesday night, a Brahms string quintet hit a high point in the hands of the Takacs Quartet. And ...

The Isidore String Quartet played three pieces Tuesday, and the program itself illustrated that dialogue between past and ...

Aside from soloists, it’s safe to say most classical musicians almost always have their sheet music close at hand. But the young players in the Chiara String Quartet have challenged themselves to ...

LEWISBURG -- The Celentano String Quartet will perform in concert on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the Rooke Recital Hall of the Weis Music Building at Bucknell University. The concert, which is free to the ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. This useful pairing finds Brahms at his most autumnal, the entire quartet unfolding at moderate speeds ...