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Wagner - not a fan

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Brahms: 15 facts about the great composer

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13. Wagner - not a fan

Perhaps due to their musical opposition to one another, Wagner (pictured) and Brahms weren't exactly best friends when they met in Vienna in 1864, after Brahms moved there to direct the Vienna Singakademie. Wagner later attacked Brahms in the press.

  1. Image 1: hamburg bridge
  2. Image 2: jakob brahms, Brahms' father
  3. Image 3: Piano Player
  4. Image 4: johannes brahms
  5. Image 5: Franz Liszt
  6. Image 6: Robert Schumann
  7. Image 7: brahms and Eduard Remenyi
  8. Image 8: Johannes Brahms
  9. Image 9: Clara Schumann
  10. Image 10: Johannes Brahms 15 images

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New releases 12th March 2018

New Releases: Mozart's Violin Concertos performed by Nikolaj Znaider and Brahms' Piano Concertos played by Adam Laloum

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New releases: John Williams & Steven Spielberg - The Ultimate Collection and Elgar & Tchaikovsky - Cello Works

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Daniel Barenboim and Gustavo Dudamel Brahms

Brahms: Piano Concertos - Barenboim/Staatskapelle Berlin/Dudamel

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Musical feuds

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Daniel Barenboim and Gustavo Dudamel Brahms

Daniel Barenboim and Gustavo Dudamel have recorded absolutely stonking Brahms concertos (and you can hear it all week)

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