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Brahms: Quintets, Opp. 34 & 115 / Jon Nakamatsu, piano; Jon Manasse, clarinet; Tokyo String Quartet

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-11-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115; Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34
Performers: Manasse, Jon; Nakamatsu, Jon
Conductors:
Ensemble: Tokyo String Quartet

The Tokyo String Quartet is joined by pianist Jon Nakamatsu and clarinetist Jon Manasse in a recording of chamber music masterpieces by Johannes Brahms dating...continue...
Recording information: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, Indiana (11/2011)....continue...

Brahms: Violin Concerto; String Sextet No. 2

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-03-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Sextet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 36
Performers: Faust, Isabelle; Fehlandt, Stefan; Jankovic, Xenia; Kretz, Julia-Maria; Richter, Christoph; Sachse, Pauline [Viola]
Conductors: Harding, Daniel

Isabelle Faust goes back to the roots of one of the most famous and technically difficult Romantic concertos. Born of close collaboration between Brahms and...continue...

Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 5

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-01-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Piano no 3 in F minor, Op. 5; Fantasies (7) for Piano, Op. 116; Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 119
Performers: Nakamatsu, Jon

Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Marin County, CA (12/04/2003-12/07/2003)....continue...

Brahms: Lieder und Gesänger

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-06-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (3) for chorus, Op. 42; Choruses (4) for female voices, 2 horns & harp, Op. 17; Songs (7) for chorus, Op. 62; Gesänge (5) for vocal sextet, Op. 104; German folk songs (49)...
Performers: Klier, Manfred; Langlamet, Marie-Pierre

Works by Brahms:
3 Gesange for six-part mixed choir, Op. 42
4 Gesange, Op. 17
7 Lieder for mixed choir, Op. 62
5 Gesange, Op. 104, for mixed choir
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Brahms: Clarinet Quintet

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-03-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115; Trio for clarinet (or viola), cello & piano in A minor, Op. 114
Performers: Claret, Lluis; Colom, Josep; Lluna, Joan Enric

Recording information: Auditorium de Anacrusi s.l. en Jafre de Ter, Girona, Es (06/2003/12/2003)....continue...

Brahms: Geistliche Chormusik / Creed, RIAS Kammerchor

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-04-14

Works: Johannes Brahms: Motets (2) for chorus, Op. 74; Fest- und Gedenksprüche (3) for double chorus, Op. 109; Motets (3) for chorus, Op. 110; Missa Canonica for chorus, WoO posth. 18; Motets (2) for c...
Conductors: Creed, Marcus
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus

Gramophone Magazine
The RIAS Chamber Choir produce a fine quality of homogenous tone and, under Marcus Creed, show themselves fully responsive to both words and music.The...continue...

Recital at Ravinia - Brahms, Handel, Debussy, Mozart, etc / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Peter Serkin, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-02-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (8) for voice & piano, Op. 57; Die schöne Magelone, Op. 33; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Giulio Cesare; Claude Debussy: Chansons (...
Performers: Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Minter, Drew [Counter Tenor Vocals]; Serkin, Peter [Piano]

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson displays her own special sense of drama in a program on the theme of love, ranging over several centuries and covering every...continue...

Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas Op 120 / Michel Portal, Georges Pludermacher

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-02-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2
Performers: Pludermacher, Georges [Piano]; Portal, Michel

Brahms: Horn Trio Op 40, Violin Sonata no 1 Op 78, etc / Van der Zwart, Faust, Melnikov

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-10-14

Works: Johannes Brahms: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 40; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 78; Fantasies (7) for Piano, Op. 116
Performers: Faust, Isabelle; Melnikov, Alexander; Zwart, Teunis van der

"Faust cuts loose with fervor in the Violin Sonata, op. 78. The combination of her passionately Romantic expressiveness with her somewhat cool tone sounds ideally...continue...

Brahms: Requiem / Philippe Herreweghe, La Chapelle Royale

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-04-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: La Chapelle Royale

Stereophile (USA)
Herreweghe's innate sense of Brahms's musical lines is evident everywhere as he sculpts this works. Herreweghe's combined choirs respond magnificently to his direction
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Brahms: Sonatas, Op 120 no 1 & 2 / Manasse, Nakamatsu

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-01-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2; Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1
Performers: Manasse, Jon; Nakamatsu, Jon

The 'Clarinet Sonatas' of Opus 120 (1894), which Johannes Brahms dedicated to the clarinetist Richard Muhlfeld, "the master of this beautiful instrument, in sincerely grateful...continue...

Brahms: Piano Concerto no 1, etc / Tiberghien, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-01-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. Anthony"
Performers: Tiberghien, Cedric
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí

For his first concerto recording, the up-and-coming French piano sensation Cédric Tiberghien turns to the majestic 'Piano Concerto No. 1' by Johannes Brahms. Named a...continue...

Brahms: Liebeslieder, etc / Petersen, Doufexis, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-09-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes (18), Op. 52; Quartets (3) for mixed voices & piano, Op. 64; Neue Liebeslieder waltzes, (15) for voices & piano 4 hands, Op. 65
Performers: Berner, Christoph; Gura, Werner; Jarnot, Konrad; Petersen, Marlis; Radicke, Camillo

"I don't know most of the singers on the Harmonia Mundi, but they all sound very good and well matched; they blend beautifully, and all...continue...

Brahms: Variations, Op. 21, 24 & 35 / Olga Kern

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-09-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Variations (13) for Piano on a Hungarian Dance, Op. 21; Variations and Fugue for Piano in B flat major on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24; Variations (28) for Piano on a theme by Paganini,...
Performers: Kern, Olga

Olga Kern's latest release features the solo piano music of Johanne Brahms. This magnificent recital traces the composer's life-long fascination with variation form, which runs...continue...

Brahms: Complete Piano Trios / Trio Wanderer

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-08-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B major, Op. 8; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in C major, Op. 87; Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in C minor, Op. 101; Quartet for Piano and Stri...
Performers: Gaugue, Christophe
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Ensemble: Trio Wanderer

"Excellence abounds when it comes to the Brahms Piano Trios on disc, especially considering recent versions from Nicholas Angelich and the Capucons (Virgin), the Florestan...continue...

Brahms: Klavierstücke / Stefan Vladar

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2005-01-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Fantasies (7) for Piano, Op. 116; Intermezzi (3) for piano, Op. 117; Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 118; Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 119
Performers: Vladar, Stefan

In 1892, after more than a decade in which he wrote nothing for solo piano, Brahms penned the piano pieces of Op. 116, 118 and...continue...

Brahms: Quintet Op 111 & 115 / Causse, Portal, Melos Quartet

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2001-07-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 111; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115
Performers: Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Portal, Michel
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Ensemble: Melos String Quartet Stuttgart

When he wrote his second String Quintet, Op. 111, in 1890, Brahms thought, strangely enough, that it would be his artistic testament. However, this serene...continue...