Particularly when it comes to the Romantic era of the arts, literature and music, it’s easy to consider yesteryear through nostalgia’s amber glass and evoke a kinder, gentler era of serene and genteel ...

Why would ultra-serious Johannes Brahms write not one, but two serenades—pieces usually meant for light entertainment? He was working his way up to writing symphonies. Brahms dedicated his second ...

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A serenade is supposed to be a charming diversion, purely for entertainment. So when Brahms tried to make his Serenade No. 1 into a symphony, it just didn't have the oomph a symphony required. Here it ...

Johannes Brahms had the glowing recommendation of trusted critic Robert Schumann and he closely studied scores by his role models Beethoven and Mozart. From this, he delivered an outpouring of ...

Daniel Hege believes the legacy of Johannes Brahms is quality, not quantity. With four symphonies, three serenades, a handful of choral works, a requiem and four concertos to his credit, the list ...

Expect many surprises in Dohnányi's variations, gypsy sounds in the Liszt Rhapsody and a full-blooded Brahms symphony. But don't wait too long; this audio stream will be online for a limited time only ...

“Gemütlich” translates as “genial” in the German-English dictionary. That is how Brahms’s two Serenades usually feel in performance, but conductor Riccardo Chailly brings to them his characteristic ...