Brahms - Symphonies Nos 1 - 4 Orchestral & Concertos LSO Live

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JOHANNES BRAHMS

Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op.68

Un poco sostenuto - Allegro

13:43

Andante sostenuto

8:39

III

Un poco allegretto e grazioso

4:43

Adagio - Più andante - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio - Più allegro

17:17

Tragic Overture, Op.81

15:07

Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op.102, " Double Concerto"

Soloists: Gordon Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello)

Allegro

17:26

Andante

7:20

III

Vivace non troppo

8:54

Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.73

Allegro non troppo

16:01

10.

Adagio non troppo

9:52

11.

III

Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino)

5:35

12.

Allegro con spirito

9:39

Serenade No.2 in A Major, Op.16

13.

Allegro moderato

8:12

14.

Scherzo. Vivace - Trio

2:47

15.

III

Adagio non troppo

7:20

16.

Quasi menuetto - Trio

5:17

17.

Rondo. Allegro

5:47

Symphony No.3 in F Major, Op.90

18.

Allegro con brio

14:32

19.

Andante

8:58

20.

III

Poco allegretto

6:48

21.

Allegro - Un poco sostenuto

9:25

Symphony No.4 in E Minor, Op.98

22.

Allegro non troppo

13:21

23.

Andante moderato

11:29

24.

III

Allegro giocoso

6:17

25.

Allegro energico e passionato

10:13

Total time: 244:42

Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Bernard Haitink

(Symphonies Nos 1 & 2, Tragic Overture, Double Concerto, Serenade No 2)

Recorded live:

17 & 18 May 2003 (Tragic Overture, Double Concerto, Symphony No.2)

21 & 22 May 2003 Symphony 1 and Serenade No.2) and

16 & 17 June 2004 (Symphony No.3 & Symphony No.4)

Performance **** Sonics (Multichannel) ****

“… These performances clearly illustrate many of the familiar virtues of Haitink’s approach to the music that he interpreted. Tempi in all four symphonies are well chosen and maintained with consistency, his grasp of structure is never in doubt and, as here, he inspires his musicians to give of their best… this timely release of Haitink’s final thoughts on the Brahms Symphonies will be undoubtedly welcomed by many collectors.”

Graham Williams – HRAudio.net – 25 November 2022

“… Bernard Haitink’s revelatory Brahms recordings with the LSO demonstrated why fresh new interpretations of his major works are so important, and why the composer’s music is still so relevant today…”

Barry Forshaw – Classical CDChoice.co.uk – 29 November 2022

“Almost twenty years on, Haitink’s LSO cycle is enjoyable…”

Roy Westbrook – MusicWeb-International.com – 25 October 2022

“Now with all this content remastered for SACD, the opening of the First Symphony is imposing, the LSO’s playing at once concentrated and powerful, Bernard Haitink unfolding a spacious and considered account, structurally coherent, with plenty of detail and dynamism … Symphony One ends gloriously – with no superficial broadening. Symphony 2 is quite leisurely, but not loose, with a deep slow movement and a fiery Finale, the latter with something of an adrenalin-rush come the conclusion… On these recordings’ first releases (separate discs) I was especially taken with Symphony Four, resplendent, and I remain compelled by the room Haitink creates and the direction and lofty/stoical expression he finds within it … Also included are an intense and weighty Tragic Overture, an impressive ‘Double’ Concerto (violin and cello), musing and ardent in equal measure, with Gordan Nikolitch and Tim Hugh as soloists (LSO principals at the time), and the five-movement Second Serenade (Brahms omits violins) is delightfully done, superb woodwinds.”

Colin Anderson – colinscolumn.com – 10 September 2022

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