John Eliot Gardiner and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra deliver fresh, beautifully detailed Brahms symphonies on CD.

Kevin Bazzana Bazzana holds a PhD in music history from the University of California at Berkeley and a master's degree in musicology and performance practice from Stanford University. His two books ...

A powerful chamber concert honoring Brahms, Smyth, and German musical tradition. Westminster University presents Brahms & Smyth, a chamber concert highlighting the shared musical lineage of Johannes ...

Slightly exaggerating, the Berlin Philharmonic, arguably the world’s strongest orchestra, is currently in South Korea.

Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist who, when young, earned a living playing in taverns frequented by prostitutes. He was later introduced to the great manic-depressive ...