Brahms
Brahms & Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos (Pristine Audio)
Brilliant, driven performances which hardly show their age in Pristine’s remastering [RMo]
Brahms: Symphony No.2 (High Definition Tape Transfers)
(Déjà Review) So alive, so full of electricity, and there’s a passionate verve in evidence in almost every bar [BBr]
Brahms: Symphony 1 (Berliner Philharmoniker)
A terrific account of the Brahms First Symphony [JQ]
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2, Three Intermezzi (Pentatone)
A Brahms concerto full of poetry and quiet confidence [ST]
Brahms: Choral Works, Symphony No 3 (Soli Deo Gloria)
(Déjà Review) Refreshing and exciting [JQ]
Brahms: Double Concerto & Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante (Nimbus)
A delightful disc, offering an intriguing twist on the Mozart and a grand, virtuosic account of the Brahms, in superb sound [RMo]
Brahms: String Quintets (Onyx)
(Déjà Review) Bold excursions into some of Brahms’ most striking music [JFL]
Brahms: Complete Works for Viola, Vol 1 (Challenge Classics)
Brahms and the viola: a new series explores the connection [PH]
Sir Adrian Boult: The Warner Classics Edition (Warner Classics)
A 36-CD remastered box that restores (almost) all Boult’s mono legacy for the Warner umbrella of labels [JW]
Schumann & Brahms: Piano Quintets (Virgin Classics)
I was entranced, enraptured and enthralled – you have to have this one [DJB]
Victor Schiøler (piano): The Great Danish Pianist Volume 7 (Danacord)
Rare and previously unpublished material enliven another Schiøler release from Danacord [JW]
Brahms, Britten, Elgar & Sibelius: Violin Concertos (ICA Classics)
A concerto quartet from Ida Haendel’s BBC broadcasts spanning nearly 25 years [JW]
Daisy Kennedy (violin): The Complete Recordings (Biddulph)
The characterful Australian Daisy Kennedy’s entire discography is restored [JW]
Claudio Arrau (piano) The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals (First Hand Records)
A finely produced and consistently enlightening set [JW]
Firkušný and Primrose Play Brahms (Pristine Audio)
Reference recordings of the Brahms Viola Sonatas from a classic team [RMas
]
Brahms & Wolf: Lieder (Linn)
Marvellous and treasurable, the finest song disc to have come my way in some considerable time [ST]
Contemporaries of Brahms Vol. 2 (Chandos)
An enjoyable less well-known work, and the brilliant Brahms worth coming back [ST]
Brahms: The Symphonies 1-4 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) An important set of the Brahms symphonies [JQ]
Dancing in Vienna (Somm Recordings)
An invitation to the dance from a master of the lighter style [PH]
Brahms: Hungarian Dances Volumes 1 & 2 (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Full-blooded, fiery, romantic and passionate – superb [EML]
Brahms & Schubert: Piano music (BIS)
Clever programming and remarkable playing: Kantorow is the real deal [ST]
Brahms: Piano Concerto 2 and solo piano works (Alto)
Richter’s classic Brahms returns at budget price [LW]
Dancing in Vienna (Somm Recordings)
Enjoyable accounts of music from the dance floor and the concert hall [RMay]










































