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  1. Classical Music Discussion
    Yet another example of why Brahms is my favorite choral composer - this lovely set of 3 songs, apparently the first set of secular partsongs for mixed chorus that he wrote (according to a lovely site I use to study some of his works, the Brahms Listening Guide). Just an absolutely masterful set...
  2. Classical Music Discussion
    I'm sure folks have seen me mention my love of Brahms as a choral composer - this is a short piece, Brahms' first accompanied vocal piece, and an absolute masterpiece in my mind. Brilliant counterpoint, quite possibly my favorite "Amen" in all of choral music (which starts about 4:15 in and goes...
  3. Blog
    I. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio II. Adagio III. Un poco allegretto IV. Vivace ma non troppo presto Brahms was in his late 50s back in 1890 and was ready to retire, intending his 2nd String Quintet to be his last work. "With this letter you can bid farewell to my music...
  4. Blog
    Brahms' 1st String Quintet in F major was written in the spring of 1882 (hence its nickname 'Spring'). As was a departure from the norm for him , Brahms devised this quintet as a three-movement work. The 1st movement, Allegro non troppo ma con brio, with its rich melodies and pastoral feel...
  5. Classical Music Discussion
    Does anyone have this album? The cover here is chewed, but the records all look very good. Hoping to hear them in the next few days...
  6. Blog
    Here is the last of Brahms' three quartets, written in the summer of 1875. Brahms supposedly worked on this whilst avoiding writing his first symphony. He had a special love for this quartet (stating it was his favourite - it's mine too) and it sounds like the work of a man taking a break from...
  7. Blog
    There's plenty of Schubertian charm and rhythmic complexity in the challenging opening movement and I love how this develops. The theme of the first movement includes the note sequence F-A-E, which was allegedly a musical version of the personal motto of Brahms’s violinist-friend Joseph Joachim...
  8. Orchestral Music
    I know this poll has been done before, but it simply gave a listing of each symphony, with no other choices. I'm not the only one I know who finds all 4 to be equally amazing, and I know (sad to say) that there are some who don't like the Brahms symphonies, or Brahms in general. But this is a...
  9. Classical Music Discussion
    I know I know, there’s already a thread on Brahms 2nd symphony. But I think this is different. I’m asking for a recording for exploring the work for the first time and i’m going to reference back to said recording. Lately I have been listening to Brahms symphonies and so far I have listened to...
  10. Classical Music Discussion
    Hubby and I like to try to identify the composer when we turn on the radio in the middle of a piece we don't recognize. In a high number of cases we can identify Brahms, Beethoven, Bach and Mozart/Haydn. The game is only "fair" if the passages we hear don't include identifiable tunes. And, of...
  11. Classical Music Discussion Polls
    Put these composers in order from 1-5, 1 being your favourite, 5 your least. Here they are in alphabetical order: Brahms, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky. I'm interested to see peoples opinion of these composers compared to one another. This may have been done before or something...
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    The ascending piano chromatic scales in the first movement of Brahms PC #2 don't fit. :confused: I think i've only heard Kovacevich fit them in time. There is one around minute 8 and one at the ending at least, just off the top of my head.
  13. Classical Music Discussion
    Brahms's chamber music is the most satisfying 'cycle' in all of music. Forget Beethoven's sonatas; forget Mahler's symphonies; forget Haydn's baryton trios. Did you know Brahms wrote 24 major chamber compositions between 1854 and 1894? Well I thought I would rank them all according to the...
  14. Classical Music Discussion
    Hi all! :) Two things first, 1. I'm new here so if I'm breaking any rules I do apologize. 2. I'm aware that the culture of my work is probably quite different from the world most visitors here dwell in but I am genuinely curious as to what you all think as well! Well then, thanks! and if any...
  15. Classical Music Discussion
    Just as a bit of fun, I thought I'd put together this little listening project to take up half an hour of this rather dull self-isolation. Instead of multiple versions of the same work in a comparison 'stylee' here is a complete set of Brahms' Hungarian Dances for you to listen to and comment...
  16. Orchestral Music
    Ok, so here's a new comparative study for you. I was gonna use a chamber piece but there was little interest so it's another orchestral piece. Here's 8 recordings of Brahm's Tragic Overture Op.81. Like last time, there's a real mix of performances here from the 50's onwards Some of the...
  17. Classical Music Discussion
    I am curious as to who you believe to be the true descendants of Beethoven? Is it the camp of Berlioz, Liszt and Wagner or Schumann and Brahms? I definitely can hear a lot of Beethoven's later symphonic works in Symphonie Fantastique. Particularly in the interesting textures and the...
  18. Classical Music Discussion
    The two versions of this trio are an enigma. They are both so beautiful and powerful, yet starkly different in their tone despite containing much of the same compositional material. It's impossible for me to pick a favorite, though I suppose you cannot argue that the revised version is more...
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    I have enjoyed Jascha Heiftiz/Fritz Reiner/Chicago Symphony interpretation for two years but I hear from a friend that Itzahk Perlman/Giulini/Chicago Symphony is even better. Do members have a favorite of these two? Or, even better, is there another "best?" I am buying another cd or two of...
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    It's fairly well known, I guess, that Mahler was never widely respected as a composer in his lifetime. Brahms, on the other hand, was. In fact, I went to a performance of Mahler's 1st a few weeks ago, and in the program it said (paraphrasing) that Mahler was not understood in his time because...
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