JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 11: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67 AEC String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88 Christian KAhn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg in 1833, the son of a double-bass player and his much older wife, a seamstress. His childhood was spent in relative poverty, and his early studies in music, for which he showed a natural aptitude, developed his... |