Johannes Brahms: The Symphonies

Johannes Brahms: The Symphonies

DGG 4866000 (Deutsche Grammophon, CD, 3 discs)

FIRST RELEASE (26 July 2024)
Tracks: 16
Booklet pages: 7
℗ 2024 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
© 2024 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Main country of recording: Germany
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Johannes Brahms: The Symphonies published on 14 August 2024

Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Lorenza Borrani, leader
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Johannes Brahms:

Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68
1 Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
2 Andante sostenuto
3 Un poco Allegretto e grazioso
4 Adagio - Più Andante - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio - Più Allegro

Symphony No 2 in D, Op 73
5 Allegro non troppo
6 Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso
7 Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andantino) - Presto ma non assai - Tempo I
8 Allegro con spirito

Symphony No 3 in F, Op 90
9 Allegro con brio
10 Andante
11 Poco Allegretto
12 Allegro

Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98
13 Allegro non troppo
14 Andante moderato
15 Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto - Tempo I
16 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, or all together the composer: Brahms? The reason for the enthusiasm was his Second Symphony, '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.

Recorded in July 2022 (Symphonies 1 and 2) and July 2023 (Symphonies 3 and 4) at the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany.