Symphony No. 2 in D Major & Symphony No. 3 in F Major

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Symphony No. 2 in D Major & Symphony No. 3 in F Major

Label Pentatone

Artists Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

€23,99 EUR

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With the greatest of approval, critics and audience alike had greeted the première of the symphony, which was given a brilliant performance on December 30, 1877 by the Vienna Philharmonic under Hans Richter. All the worries and problems which had dogged and tormented Brahms for almost 15 years during the composition of his Symphony No. 1 were now forgotten. Finally, the breakthrough had come about, after years of battling with the symphonic form and his own selfdoubt, and this second symphony provided a magnificent confirmation of the fact. The shadow of the “giant” Beethoven had definitely been cast off.

Tracklist

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Total time: 01:19:13

1. Symphony No. 2 - Allegro non troppo

19:08

2. Symphony No. 2 - Adagio non troppo

09:13

3. Symphony No. 2 - Allegretto grazioso

05:27

4. Symphony No. 2 - Allegro con spirito

08:50

5. Symphony No. 3 - Allegro con brio

13:03

6. Symphony No. 3 - Andante

08:13

7. Symphony No. 3 - Poco Allegretto

06:25

8. Symphony No. 3 - Allegro

08:54

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Additional Information

Label

Pentatone

SKU

PTC5186308

Qualities

FLAC 96 kHz, FLAC 192 kHz, DSD 64

Channels

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

Artists

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Composers

Brahms

Conductors

Marek Janowski

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

DSD 64

Instruments

Orchestra

Release Date

July 17, 2015

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Reviews

Audiophile Audition

John Nemaric

The sound on this recording is exquisitely balanced instrumentally amid the three front speakers in-depth and breadth across the wide expanse the full orchestra occupies on the performance stage. The sense of spatial acoustics is near perfect, as if you were seated on front row center/center-right on the 2nd balcony, that’s where one finds the best-balanced hall acoustics (I sit there), and this is how I remember that concert, if and when I raise the gain in my system by 5 to 7 decibels, then the sonority this recording imparts to my own listening room is almost like being there again.

No orchestra could ask for better sound than PentaTone provided, and PentaTone could not have found a more high-principled orchestra than the PSO and conductor Janowski. This recording is a joint labor of love and we pray that would never cease as an example of what can really be done artistically and technologically if an orchestra and a recording label are in synch. Thank you all.

Symphony No. 2 in D Major & Symphony No. 3 in F Major

Symphony No. 2 in D Major & Symphony No. 3 in F Major

€23,99 EUR

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