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elleng

(141,926 posts)
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 09:14 PM Jun 2021

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Brahms

Listen as Carlos Santana, Branford Marsalis and others pick their favorites of the moody master of 19th-century music.

In the past, we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we would play to make our friends fall in love with classical music, the piano, opera, the cello, Mozart, 21st-century composers, the violin, Baroque music, sopranos, Beethoven, the flute, string quartets and tenors.

Now we want to convince those curious friends to love the music of Johannes Brahms (1833-97), master of stirring symphonic exclamations and moody piano solos. We hope you find lots here to discover and enjoy; leave your favorites in the comments.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/arts/music/five-minutes-classical-music-brahms.html?

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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Brahms (Original Post) elleng Jun 2021 OP
The German Requiem. Ocelot II Jun 2021 #1
The agitato at 18:50 of the 3rd string quartet fierywoman Jun 2021 #2
If you're going to "go there" . . . . . no_hypocrisy Jun 2021 #3
Bookmarking! cilla4progress Jun 2021 #4

Ocelot II

(131,241 posts)
1. The German Requiem.
Thu Jun 3, 2021, 09:22 PM
Jun 2021

The suspensions on the words "Selig sind die da Leid tragen" at the beginning give me goose bumps every time.

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