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Pollini at 70 Returns to Dresden with Brahms

May 17th, 2013 in Top Video Picks by | 2 comments

In February 2013 at the invitation of star conductor Christian Thielemann, the legendary Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini returned after almost 25 years to the Dresden Staatskapelle and gave his first performance at the Dresden Semperoper ever. The celebrated, 70-year-old pianist played Brahms’ 1st Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 15. The interpretation in this unforgettable ARTE broadcast was honored by […]

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Chandos Records Running Complete Piano Projects

August 16th, 2012 in Piano News by | 1 comment

Chandos Records is presently recording the complete Chopin with Louis Lortie, the complete Brahms with Barry Douglas and the complete Haydn and Beethoven sonatas with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. From these ambitious projects we recommend two recent albums which gained critical acclaim. Louis Lortie plays Chopin NEW! Click the album cover to listen to the complete album: (This is a new feature […]

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New Piano Piece by Brahms Discovered: Albumblatt in A minor – Free Piano Score

January 25th, 2012 in Piano News by | 16 comments

A piano score of the recently rediscovered piano piece by Johannes Brahms, Albumblatt in A minor, has been published in an Urtext edition by Piano Street today. Free sheet music to download and print: Brahms – Albumblatt in A minor (File updated May 27, now inlcuding fingering and work comments.) Listen: András Schiff plays “Albumblatt” in A minor by Johannes […]

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New Sheet Music and Recordings: Brahms – Two Intermezzi

July 28th, 2010 in Piano Street Site News by | 1 comment

Two of Johannes Brahms’ most popular late piano pieces are now available as Urtext scores from Piano Street’s sheet music library. Recordings, of the two pieces performed by Henrik Sandback, have also been added. Intermezzo in E-flat Major, Opus 117 No. 1 The three Intermezzi Op. 117 are probably the most well-known and best-loved of Brahms’s late piano pieces. The […]

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Zimerman and Bernstein in Brahms Second Piano Concerto

August 21st, 2009 in Top Video Picks by

Between 1981 and 1984 Leonard Bernstein recorded nearly all of Brahms´s orchestral works with the Wiener Philharmoniker to honor the 150th anniversary of the composer´s birth in 1983. As an example of the unique Zimerman/Bernstein collaboration, here´s the second movement of the second Piano Concerto in B flat major Op. 83: The outstanding Polish pianist, Krystian Zimerman won 1st prize […]

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Happy Holidays! – Musical Gifts from Piano Street

December 23rd, 2008 in Piano Street Site News by | 75 comments

———————————————————————- EDIT 13 January 2008: The audio files are no longer available for free but will soon be added to the Gold membership resources. ———————————————————————- We would like to wish you Happy Holidays with some of our new recordings for you to enjoy! The seven new recordings below are freely available until 12 January 2009. All tracks recorded on Steinway […]

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Brahms Pieces for Four Hands

May 23rd, 2008 in Piano Street Site News by

More sheet music for four hands is now available in our sheet music library. Today we added the Waltzes, Opus 39 by Johannes Brahms.

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More Pieces for Four Hands

May 9th, 2008 in Piano Street Site News by

We keep working on adding more four hands piano music. This is what has been added today: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes Opus 52a Liebeslieder Waltzes Opus 65a This means that we now have the complete works for four hands by Brahms in our online library. Claude Debussy: Six Antique Epigraphs Small Suite Prelude, Cortège et Air de Danse Prelude à […]

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Brahms Hungarian Dances for Four Hands

April 14th, 2008 in Piano Street Site News by

The 21 Hungarian Dances for Four Hands have been added to our sheet music library. The edition is originally published by Breitkopf & Härtel. http://www.pianostreet.com/search/searchcollection.php?id=186

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