Browse: Brahms - Variations on a theme by Schumann in F sharp minor, Op. 9

Kodama has long been fascinated by the love, friendship and music of this creative trio, and explores it here from Brahms’s point of view, opening with an energetic account of the Piano Sonata... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

he's a born Brahmsian, equipped at the highest level with the necessary speed and power, the muscular strength and facility of finger tempered by breadth of outlook and solidity of intellect. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

If the Mozart variations are nothing special, those by Beethoven and Brahms are masterpieces, which Trpčeski conveys with his characteristic refinement. His Brahms has grave beauty, and his Beethoven... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The perfect case of a pianist who sounds completely relaxed in the studio and, because of that, manages to balance assertiveness and poetry in ideal proportions. Gerhard Oppitz is a penetrating... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2007 More…

The arc of the title spans three albums, tracing a journey of before, during and after the two world wars. Here, in the second of the trio, we are at the peak – or more accurately down in the... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…