When I was a student at the Paris Conservatoire, I started by learning this piece, not Brahms’s First Concerto. Many people were more attracted initially to the latter, maybe because it has a ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: ‘Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Handel ...

Since the recent death of Alicia de Larrocha, Joaquín Achúcarro is probably the pre-eminent living Spanish pianist. He's also a significant presence in Dallas, with an endowed professorship at ...

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Brahms called his Piano Concerto No. 2 “a tiny little piano concerto ...

Last April the notorious volcanic ash cloud prevented Boris Berezovsky travelling to Dublin for a performance of Brahms's Second Piano Concerto with the NSO, and Finghin Collins stepped ably into the ...

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Nicholas Angelich (piano), Frankfurt Radio SO/Paavo Järvi Virgin Classics 266 3492 **** American pianist Nicholas Angelich is a burly Brahmsian. He likes a sound that is heavy, textures that are rich, ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: ‘Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2; Grieg ...

Celebrating his 27th year with the Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival, native Houstonian Timothy Hester will perform Johannes Brahms’ masterful Piano Concerto No. 2 for Week 2 of the ...

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This recording commemorates the 50th anniversary of Joaquín Achúcarro's debut with the London Symphony Orchestra after winning the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic International Competition in 1959.

In a tongue-in-cheek quip, Brahms described his Second Piano Concerto as “a tiny, tiny pianoforte concerto, with a tiny, tiny wisp of a scherzo.” Approaching the dimensions of a symphony, full of ...