"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 ...

The acclaimed American String Quartet is coming to Tel Aviv for a Brahms and Mendelssohn Marathon between June 15 and 25. The concerts will take place at Recanati Hall of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brahms was apparently so petrified of comparisons with Beethoven's achievements in the form that he destroyed the 20 or so string quartets he composed as a youth before finally, having turned 40, ...

“Quasi Minuetto” — “sort of a minuet”. Why “quasi” rather than simply “Minuetto”? Because by the time Brahms came to write this piece, somewhere between 1866 and 1873, the dainty triple-time dance ...

As the world gets smaller, classical music becomes more parochial. A century ago, the activities of important living composers were widely followed. Today, major works and entire careers can bloom in ...