Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
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
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From kr133.33/month
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Orchestrator - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Orchestrator - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Orchestrator - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Arnold Schoenberg, Orchestrator - Michael Sanderling, Conductor, MainArtist - Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Classics /Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Album review
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
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 03:42:13
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Luzerner Sinfonieorchester Michael Sanderling
- Composer: Johannes Brahms
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2023 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited
Improve album informationWhy buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.