About Quote by Stephen Hough

The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary

— George Bernard Shaw

The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. rather tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up as Handel or Beethoven and making a…

— George Bernard Shaw

Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.

— Franz Liszt

After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms and Beethoven differently.

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

Brahms stayed an extra day to hear my [Fifth] Symphony and was very kind ... I like his honesty and open-mindedness. Neither he nor…

— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of…

— Elliott Carter

I once sent him a song and asked him to mark a cross wherever he thought it was faulty. Brahms returned it untouched, saying…

— Hugo Wolf

There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms…

— George Bernard Shaw

Puccini is my favorite composer.

— Kristine Opolais

“Classical music is not really my thing, and I know absolutely nothing about it. If you told me you saw Brendel play Brahms last…

— David Rosenfelt

It is hard to think of another composer who so perfectly marries form and passion.

— Leonard Bernstein

If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But if you…

— Kurt Masur