Starker teaching Brahms Sonata in E minor

Janos Starker teaching Brahms Sonata, Op. 38 in a master class at Portland State University in 2006. The cellist was Katherine Schultz and the pianist was Janet Coleman. My thanks to Mathias Donderer for enhancing the audio of the spoken words.

[@spinozareader]

The piano is drowning out the cello. It's as if the instruments are competing against one another, rather than playing with attention to one another, allowing each to shine and speak in turn.

[@MrInterestingthings]

Oh if only Brahms had written a 4th piano sonata in his later age like his violin and the glorious cello sonatas.Starker can't be enjoying this immature musicmaking.

[@adamlamotte9446]

Immature? "Highly professional playing" were his first words, moron. Casual, incendiary comments like this make the RUclips comments sections the idiotic cesspool it can be, although usually reserved for things outside of heartfelt, high-level classical performance.