Composer: Johannes Brahms
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue: 4866000
Release: 2024
Size: 5.58 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68
01. I. Un poco sostenuto – Allegro – Meno allegro
02. II. Andante sostenuto
03. III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
04. IV. Adagio – Piu andante – Allegro non troppo, ma con brio – Piu allegro
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
05. I. Allegro non troppo
06. II. Adagio non troppo – L’istesso tempo, ma grazioso
07. III. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino) – Presto ma non assai
08. IV. Allegro con spirito
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
09. I. Allegro con brio
10. II. Andante
11. III. Poco allegretto
12. IV. Allegro
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
13. I. Allegro non troppo
14. II. Andante moderato
15. III. Allegro giocoso – Poco meno presto – Tempo I
16. IV. Allegro energico e passionato – Più allegro
A concert in Baden-Baden’s Festspielhaus ended to euphoric applause, with no one knowing who was at whose feet: The conductor the orchestra, the audience the conductor or all together the composer Johannes Brahms? The reason for the enthusiasm was his Second Symphony, nicknamed “Lichtentaler”, because he had completed it here, in Baden-Baden’s Lichtental district. And now, with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and its conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, it was given a performance that was one of the great moments in this house: orchestrally lightened, transparent to the core, but only seemingly embedded in an easily conquerable soundscape. The rhythms were constantly shifting. There was hardly a motivic turn that didn’t immediately trigger a wave of syncopations, hemiolas and hidden changes of time signature, causing the musicians to despair of their stability. But everything was performed with the greatest naturalness: a rumble from the timpani, then the oboes called out into the open, the strings followed with a hint of delay, as if they still had to rub the remaining sleep out of their eyes. And what a climax the finale led to: an unleashed Brahms, an orgiast!