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 ...

Brahms' viola-infused string quintets and sextets have in them the essence of amber autumn, and three major L.A. institutions ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What is it that makes music connoisseurs admire Brahms so much? Why do we find his music so beautiful? How can we try to understand his music? There is good reason to pose these questions, for unlike ...

Recorded at the University of Cumbria in Ambleside as part of the Lake Disctrict Summer Music Festival 2009, Stephen Johnson explores Brahms's third and final string quartet in B flat, Op. 67.

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 ...