Essential Brahms / Over 2 hours of Brahms' greatest masterpieces

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Album Summary

Performers

• Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
• Nicholas Angelich (Piano)
• Natalie Clein (Cello)
• Charles Owen (Piano)
• Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Gerald Moore (Piano)
• Gidon Kremer (Violin)
• Piers Lane (Piano)
• Tasmin Little (Violin)
• Leif Andsnes (Piano)
• Sabine Meyer (Clarinet)
• Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
• Peter Frankl (Piano)
• Janet Baker (Mezzo-soprano)
• Moura Lympany (Piano)

Conductors

• Barbirolli, John
• Boult, Adrian
• Fruhbeck de Burgos, Rafae
• Jochum, Eugen
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Sawallisch, Wolfgang
• Tennstedt, Klaus

Ensembles

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• Alban Berg Quartet
• Artemis Quartett (String Quartet)

Composer

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Notes & Reviews:

Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg in 1833 and died in Vienna in 1897. He was one of the leading figures in classical music's Romantic period and made outstanding contributions to all the major forms. His four symphonies, two piano concertos and one violin concerto - all represented here - are cornerstones of the orchestral concert repertoire, and his chamber music is also of special importance, including the Piano Quintet in F minor and Clarinet Quintet in B minor, extracts from both of which are heard here. Among his compositions for the voice, Ein deutsches Requiem and Alto Rhapsody are particularly famous, and the programm also includes his beautiful 'Wiegenlied' (Lullaby) and the most familiar of his spirited Hungarian Dances (No.5 in G minor) arranged for violin and piano.

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Brahms, Johannes : Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80

• Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
• Running Time: 9 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1879

Brahms, Johannes : Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68 :: 3. Un poco allegretto e grazioso

• Conductor: Eugen Jochum
• Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1855-1876

Brahms, Johannes : Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15 :: 3. Rondo

• Performer: Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
• Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
• Running Time: 11 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1854-1859

Brahms, Johannes : Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. Anthony"

• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 17 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873

Brahms, Johannes : Symphony no 2 in D, Op. 73 :: 3. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai - Tempo

• Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
• Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1877

Brahms, Johannes : Four Ballades, Op. 10 :: 1. Andante

• Performer: Nicholas Angelich (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1854

Brahms, Johannes : German Requiem, Op. 45 :: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen

• Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt
• Running Time: 6 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1857-1868

Brahms, Johannes : Sonata for Cello no 2 in F, Op. 99 :: 2. Adagio affetuoso

• Performers: Natalie Clein (Cello); Charles Owen (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886

Brahms, Johannes : Romances and Songs (5), Op. 84

• Performers: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano); Gerald Moore (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1882.
• Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1882

Brahms, Johannes : Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77 :: 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

• Performer: Gidon Kremer (Violin)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 8 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1878

Brahms, Johannes : Tragic Overture, Op. 81

• Conductor: Eugen Jochum
• Running Time: 12 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880-1881

Brahms, Johannes : Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90 :: 3. Poco allegretto

• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 6 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1883

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5

• Performers: Piers Lane (Piano); Tasmin Little (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1858-1868

Brahms, Johannes : Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat, Op. 83 :: 2. Allegro appassionato

• Performer: Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
• Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
• Running Time: 8 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1881

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49 :: Wiegenlied, Op. 49/4

• Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Conductor: Rafae Frühbeck de Burgos
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1868

Brahms, Johannes : Intermezzi (3) for Piano, Op. 117

• Performer: Leif Andsnes (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1892

Brahms, Johannes : Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115 :: 3. Andantino - Presto non assai, ma con sentimento

• Performer: Sabine Meyer (Clarinet)
• Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartet
• Running Time: 4 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1891
• Studio/Live: Live

Brahms, Johannes : Sonata for Violin no 2 in A, Op. 100 :: 2. Andante tranquillo - Vivace

• Performers: Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin); Peter Frankl (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886

Brahms, Johannes : Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53

• Performer: Janet Baker (Mezzo-soprano)
• Conductor: Adrian Boult
• Running Time: 11 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1869

Brahms, Johannes : Waltz

• Performer: Moura Lympany (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1865

Brahms, Johannes : Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34 :: 3. Scherzo

• Performer: Leif Andsnes (Piano)
• Ensemble: Artemis Quartett (String Quartet)
• Running Time: 7 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1861

Brahms, Johannes : Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98 :: 4. Allegro energico e passionato

• Conductor: Adrian Boult
• Running Time: 10 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1884-1885