Yet in its most ravishing passage – the tender cello solo that opens its slow movement – the piano, Brahms’s own instrument, remains silent. It never gets to play that heavenly melody.

He introduced this music to a whole new audience when he wrote Gypsy-inspired dances for the piano – and then began super-sizing them for an entire orchestra. Brahms was inspired by the folk ...

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 - OCR ... by Beethoven as the solo pianist. The piece was published in 1801 after some revisions. Brahms: Violin Concerto - OCR Johannes Brahms was a composer ...