Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin, Willi Boskovsky, Emanuel Brabec, Edwin Fischer, Bernhard Sonnerstedt, Kirstin Lindberg Torlind
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 9029563383
Release: 2018
Size: 1.24 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68
01. I. Un poco sostenuto – Allegro
02. II. Andante sostenuto
03. III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
04. IV. Finale. Adagio
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a “St. Antoni Chorale”
05. Theme. Andante
06. Variation I. Poco più animato
07. Variation II. Più vivace
08. Variation III. Con moto
09. Variation IV. Andante con moto
10. Variation V. Vivace
11. Variation VI. Vivace
12. Variation VII. Grazioso
13. Variation VIII. Presto non troppo
14. Finale. Andante
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
15. I. Allegro non troppo
16. II. Adagio non troppo
17. III. Allegretto grazioso. Quasi andantino
18. IV. Allegro con spirito
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 (Live at Berlin Titania-Palast, 1949)
19. I. Allegro con brio – Un poco sostenuto
20. II. Andante
21. III. Poco allegretto
22. IV. Allegro – Un poco sostenuto
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
23. I. Allegro non troppo
24. II. Andante moderato
25. III. Allegro giocoso
26. IV. Allegro energico e passionato
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1
27. No. 1 in G Minor, Allegro molto
28. No. 3 in F Major, Allegretto
29. No. 10 in F Major, Presto
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
30. I. Allegro non troppo
31. II. Adagio
32. III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102 “Double Concerto” (Live at Wiener Musikverein, 1952)
33. I. Allegro
34. II. Andante
35. III. Vivace non troppo
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83
36. I. Allegro non troppo
37. II. Allegro appassionato
38. III. Andante
39. IV. Allegretto grazioso
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 [Live at Stockholm Concert Hall, 1948]
40. I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen (Chorus)
41. II. Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras (Chorus)
42. III. Herr, lehre doch mich (Baritone, Chorus)
43. IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Chorus)
44. V. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit (Soprano, Chorus)
45. VI. Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Stadt (Baritone, Chorus)
46. VII. Selig sind die Toten (Chorus)
Wilhelm Furtwängler saw “a wild, fantastic and even demonic universe” in the symphonies of Brahms. “Music is not something that is invented and constructed,” he wrote, “but something that grows, emerging … directly from the hands of nature.”
With organic development so crucial to Brahms’ music, his symphonies were destined for a prominent place in Furtwängler’s repertoire. Among the other works in this collection are the Violin Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin, and the Piano Concerto No. 2 with Edwin Fischer, both recognised as landmark interpretations.