Brahms- Symphonies Nos 3 & 4

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Brahms- Symphonies Nos 3 & 4

Artists London Symphony Orchestra

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Like their two predecessors, Brahms’s third and fourth symphonies appeared within only a year or so of each other: No 3 in 1883, and No 4 in 1884 (movements 1, 2) and 1885 (movements 3, 4). And though this is within only a decade of the premiere of the first symphony, they represent an entirely new stage of maturity, obviously written to more precise compositional goals: in the case of No 4, the application of formal variation principles throughout a symphony; in No 3, the symphonic application of a motto theme with the distinctiveness of a Leitmotiv.
Although no lengthy history comparable with that of the First Symphony is known for No 4, it seems reasonably clear that the concept of the finale pre-dated the rest of the work, and that the preceding three movements were written to complement it and lead to it. The important Berlin choral conductor Siegfried Ochs recalls in his autobiography a meeting at which he was present with the composer and the great orchestral conductor Hans von Bu?low (who had become Brahms’s supporter by the 1880s having turned away from Wagner), at which Brahms had proposed a symphonic movement on the ground bass melody of the last section of Bach’s Cantata 150 ‘Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich’.

Tracklist

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Total time: 01:17:15

1. Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90- i. Allegro con brio

13:48

2. Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90- ii. Andante

09:07

3. Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90- iii. Poco allegretto

05:59

4. Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90- iv. Allegro

09:11

5. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98- i. Allegro non troppo

12:28

6. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98- ii. Andante moderato

11:08

7. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98- iii. Allegro giocoso

06:01

8. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98- iv. Allegro energico e passionato

09:33

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Additional Information

Label

LSO Live

SKU

LSO0737

Qualities

FLAC 96 kHz, FLAC 192 kHz, DSD 64

Channels

2ch Stereo, 5ch Surround, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround

Artists

London Symphony Orchestra

Composers

Brahms

Conductors

Valery Gergiev

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

DSD 64

Instruments

Orchestra

Release Date

October 31, 2014

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Reviews

Fanfare

Fanfare

The total package is quite seductive; in fact, both of these are among my favourite recordings of the Brahms symphonies.

Gramophone

Gramophone

This pairing of Brahms’s Third and Fourth conducted by Gergiev is a great example of how a recording can have both focus and a live ambience.

Classical CD Choice

Classical CD Choice

Gergiev’s powerful performance of the Brahms 3rd Symphony is quite impressive with some notably fine wind and brass playing throughout from the LSO and his division of violins antiphonally helps to keep the textures of Brahms’s more densely scored passages clear.

Audiophile Audition

Audiophile Audition

When passion and logical forms collide he (Gergiev) inevitably rises to the occasion.

Brahms- Symphonies Nos 3 & 4

Brahms- Symphonies Nos 3 & 4

€23,99 EUR

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