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Brahms: The Symphonies

Johannes Brahms

Classical - Released April 21, 2017 | BSO Classics

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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 & Tragic Overture

Otto Klemperer

Classical - Released June 9, 2023 | Warner Classics

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Brahms: Symphonies Nos 1-4, Piano Quartet No. 1 (Orch. Schoenberg)

Luzerner Sinfonieorchester

Classical - Released April 7, 2023 | Warner Classics

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This is the debut recording with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester by conductor Michael Sanderling, who recently ascended to the orchestra's podium as of 2023 when the album appeared. A set of Brahms symphonies, a crowded marketplace slot in the extreme, might seem a bold move in these circumstances, but nobody can accuse Sanderling of merely retreading others' steps. His Brahms is broad, slow, and detailed, seemingly opening the works into an expanded view. One attraction here, and one that could well bring buyers to the set on its own, is the rare Arnold Schoenberg orchestration of Brahms' Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, that concludes the album. Although all the melodic material in the work is Brahms', the work is quite characteristic of Schoenberg in its rich, brash orchestration. Schoenberg, in explaining why he made this version of a Brahms chamber work, said, "It is always very badly played, because the better the pianist, the louder he plays, and you hear nothing from the strings. I wanted once to hear everything, and this I achieved." That statement might serve as well as a general characterization of Sanderling's symphony treatments here. All of his tempos are well on the slow side. The Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98, clocks in at well over 46 minutes, perhaps six minutes slower than average for the work. The rest are similarly measured, with exposition repeats adding to the overall heft. Sanderling fills the spaces with orchestral detail. Sample the opening movement of the Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, where the slow introduction is atomized into small gestures that do, in his reading, have their parts to play in the music that follows. However, the big tunes, in this symphony's finale and elsewhere, lose some of their impact; the long line is not quite long enough to sustain them. Sanderling is probably at his best in the Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90, with its compact thematic blocks in which he finds unsuspected layers. This new Brahms, also benefiting from the spacious acoustic of the new Orchesterhaus Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, certainly commands attention.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4, And Other Works

Iván Fischer

Classical - Released June 11, 2021 | Channel Classics

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Brahms : Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 4 (Remastered)

George Szell

Classical - Released August 3, 2018 | Sony Classical

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Brahms: 4 Symphonies; Haydn Variations

Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical - Released January 1, 2002 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Brahms: The Symphonies

Christoph Eschenbach

Symphonic Music - Released September 24, 2021 | Berlin Classics

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Brahms: The Symphonies

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Classical - Released January 1, 1994 | Decca Music Group Ltd.

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Antonín Dvořák: Symphonie du nouveau monde

Philippe Fournier

Classical - Released October 7, 2000 | iMD-ORCHESTRE-CONFLUENCES

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Brahms: Nos. Symphonies 2 - 4

Sergiù Celibidache

Classical - Released August 10, 1999 | Warner Classics

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Brahms: Symphony No.2 In D Major, Op. 73

Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical - Released January 1, 1992 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Brahms Symphony No. 2 & Symphony No. 4

Johannes Brahms

Classical - Released August 25, 2008 | Signum Classics

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Perla Barocca: Early Italian Masterpieces

Rachel Podger

Classical - Released September 22, 2014 | Channel Classics

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By the mid-seventeenth century, musicalcomposition had reached a point whereinvention had converged with technicalmastery. Composers embraced a bass linelively with linearity, often entering intodialogue with the upper voices. Exploratoryharmonic schemes were encompassedwithin larger unified tonalities. Throughrhetorical structures, such as motive,imitation and sequence, composers instilledlogic into their musical arguments. Thesecharacteristics, though rooted in vocalpractice, were being cultivated for the firsttime in musical history for instrumentalists.In other words, the Baroque was born.The featured composers showcasesublime examples of the early ItalianBaroque. Some composers dominate therepertory; others have left behind only ahandful of works. Here, they come togetherto convey the diverse musical landscape atsuch an excitingly rich and creative era.
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Mozart: Sonatas for Piano & Violin

Renaud Capuçon

Classical - Released June 23, 2023 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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There are various complete recordings of Mozart's sonatas for piano and violin, most of them leaving off the juvenilia or relegating them to a separate volume (here they are omitted). This one by violinist Renaud Capuçon and keyboardist Kit Armstrong, playing modern instruments, holds the listener's interest unusually strongly. There are several reasons for this. One is the easy rapport between the two players, responding quickly to slight expressive moves or alterations in the tempo by one player or the other. They capture the rapidly developing role of the violin over the course of the set as it is transformed from an accompanimental instrument to a full partner in the dialogue. A second plus is the inclusion of two variation sets, the 12 Variations on "La bergère Celimène," K. 359, and the Six Variations on "Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant," K. 360. These are not often heard, and quite opposite to what one might expect from their lightweight themes, they are substantial works. The role of the violin here, too, is key; although the piano is still the dominant partner, the violin was ready and available as a sound that would vary the texture, and Mozart exploited it to the hilt. Other attractions include the variety of Capuçon's playing within a fairly circumscribed context and an excellent feel for the dry language of the later sonatas, with their counterpoint and daringly irregular phrase shapes. A major entry in the Mozart discography, which landed on classical best-seller charts in the summer of 2023. © James Manheim /TiVo
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Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 310-311 & 330-333

Angela Hewitt

Classical - Released October 6, 2023 | Hyperion

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Angela Hewitt has been better known for Bach than anything else, but she has increasingly turned to Mozart in later life, recording the piano concertos and now a cycle of the complete piano sonatas, of which this is the second volume. Outwardly, there is something a bit Bachian about her Mozart; she avoids the pedals, her phrasing is direct and foursquare, and she plays the left-hand lines with a clarity that brings out the logic of the counterpoint. However, the beauties of these performances lie in the details, many of which are justified in Hewitt's own extensive notes. Part of her aim is to establish the earlier Mozart sonatas as major works, and she succeeds in this. Although Hewitt plays a modern piano, there are historical details, especially in this volume of sonatas, the first ones in which Mozart stepped fully into pianism. Sample the uncanny, simmering shades of the Fantasia in D minor, D. 397. The variation finale of the Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331, is also exceptionally lively and varied. Hewitt is alert to the influences on these sonatas from other genres, and she is aware of the fecund imagination Mozart brought even to small details. The Hyperion label does well with the sound, leaving its usual English venues for the Kulturstiftung Marienmünster foundation building in Germany. Satisfying, elegant Mozart with much to chew on, and one awaits with pleasure the remainder of Hewitt's series.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Brahms : The Complete Solo Piano Works

Geoffroy Couteau

Solo Piano - Released March 18, 2016 | La Dolce Volta

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Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

Yeol Eum Son

Classical - Released March 17, 2023 | naïve

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Brahms : The Four Symphonies

Herbert von Karajan

Symphonies - Released March 1, 1965 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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For Clara: Works by Schumann & Brahms

Hélène Grimaud

Classical - Released September 8, 2023 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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