Bronfman, Maazel and the New York Phil in seamless interpretations of Brahms and SibeliusRebecca Lentjes, 18th January
Johannes Brahms was a Romantic with a capital R. Born six years after Beethoven’s death, Brahms was so determined to continue the composer’s colossal musical legacy that he labored over his First Symphony (often nicknamed “Beethoven’s Tenth”) for over a decade. He spent nearly as much time laboring over his Piano Concerto no.
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