Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (4 Album Set)

Bernard Haitink, Gordan Nikolitch, London Symphony Orchestra, Tim Hugh

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The London Symphony Orchestra’s cycle of Brahms symphonies was Bernard Haitink’s first set of recordings on the LSO Live label, originally released in 2005. This 4 Album Set of remastered recordings is now available in Stereo and 5.1 Channel Surround Sound DSD at a special price.

For a long time, the composer Johannes Brahms was regarded as the epitome of the conservative who, in contrast to the representatives of the Wagner and Liszt successors, fell back on old forms that supposedly no longer had any life.

In fact, Brahms was a profound connoisseur of the music of the past, right down to the polyphonists of the 16th century. He made use of old types of form, such as the variation and the passacaglia associated with it. He adopted the traditional four-movement structure of the classical symphony and its sequence of movements, respected the scheme of the sonata movement and hardly went beyond Beethoven in his instrumentation.

Nevertheless, the view that Brahms was a “reactionary”, as espoused by the Wagner circle from Nietzsche up to Richard Strauss, is untenable. This was seen by none other than Arnold Schoenberg, who in his famous article “Brahms, der Fortschrittliche” (Brahms, the Progressive) (1933 or 1947) recognized the fundamental difference that separates the composer, above all the symphonist Brahms, from the masters of the classical sonata and symphony.

London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, Conductor
Gordan Nikolitch, Violin
Tim Hugh, Cello

Tracklist

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1.
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 - I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
13:43
2.
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 - II. Andante sostenuto
08:39
3.
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 - III. Un poco allegrettto e grazioso
04:43
4.
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 - IV. Adagio - Più andante - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio - Più
17:17
5.
Tragic Overture, Op. 81 - Tragic Overture, Op. 81
15:07
6.
"Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102, ""Double Concerto"" - I. Allegro"
17:26
7.
"Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102, ""Double Concerto"" - II. Andante"
07:20
8.
"Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102, ""Double Concerto"" - III. Vivace non troppo"
08:54
9.
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 - I. Allegro non troppo
16:01
10.
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 - II. Adagio non troppo
09:52
11.
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 - III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino)
05:35
12.
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 - IV. Allegro con spirito
09:39
13.
Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16 - I. Allegro moderato
08:12
14.
Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16 - II. Scherzo. Vivace - Trio
02:47
15.
Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16 - III. Adagio non troppo
07:20
16.
Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16 - IV. Quasi menuetto - Trio
05:17
17.
Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16 - V. Rondo. Allegro
05:47
18.
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 - I. Allegro con brio
14:32
19.
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 - II. Andante
08:58
20.
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 - III. Poco allegretto
06:48
21.
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 - IV. Allegro - Un poco sostenuto
09:25
22.
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 - I. Allegro non troppo
13:21
23.
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 - II. Andante moderato
11:29
24.
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 - III. Allegro giocoso
06:17
25.
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 - IV. Allegro energico e passionato
10:13

Total time: 04:04:42

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LSO0570

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Mastering Engineers

Jonathan Stokes & Neil Hutchinson

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Producer

James Mallinson

Recording Engineers

Jonathan Stokes for Classic Sound Ltd balance engineer (Symphonies Nos 1 & 2, Tragic Overture, Double Concerto, Serenade No 2), mixing & mastering & Neil Hutchinson for Classic Sound Ltd balance engineer (Symphonies Nos 3 & 4), mixing & mastering

Recording Location

Recorded live in Stereo and 5 Channel Surround Sound DSD 64fs on 17 & 18 May 2003 (Tragic Overture, Double Concerto, Symphony No 2), 21 & 22 May 2003 (Symphony No 1 & Serenade No 2), and 16 & 17 June 2004 (Symphony No 3 & Symphony No 4) at the Barbican, London

Release DateSeptember 2, 2022

Press reviews

The Observer

Not a nuance is misjudged, as Haitink takes us on a hair-raising version of the journey Brahms envisaged: long, scenic and never a dull moment.

1 review for Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (4 Album Set)

    Luckily for me, I know far too little about classical music to relate to the criticisms of these pieces. So I’ll just enjoy them. Beautiful, lovely, moving bliss… certainly not ignorant. Known immediately in experience.

    Thanks again,
    Bill Maietta

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