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Hearing these two E minor symphonies side by side proved far more stimulating than I anticipated. The orchestral playing is absolutely first-class and Hrůša’s conception of the music is totally... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, More…

Release Date: 30th Nov 2018
Catalogue No: TUD1744
Label: Tudor
Length: 86 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

March 2019

Orchestral Choice

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Contents

Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

41:31

$10.50

$12.65

Bamberger Symphoniker
Jakub Hruša
Recorded: 3-5 May 2017

I. Allegro non troppo

13:27

$3.15

$3.80

II. Andante moderato

11:53

$3.15

$3.80

III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto

6:02

$1.05

$1.25

IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Più allegro

10:09

$3.15

$3.80

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

44:58

$11.55

$13.90

Bamberger Symphoniker
Jakub Hruša
Recorded: 28 October 2017

I. Adagio - Allegro molto

12:23

$3.15

$3.80

II. Largo

12:41

$3.15

$3.80

III. Molto vivace

8:00

$2.10

$2.50

IV. Allegro con fuoco

11:54

$3.15

$3.80

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This long-term edition of symphonies by Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvořák, performed by the Bamberger Symphoniker led by their chief conductor Jakub Hrůša, springs from a wish to stimulate a deliberate, interiorized and unbiased listening experience. Associating these two Romantic geniuses, bound by a unique friendship, in one edition enables a new viewpoint. It immediately becomes apparent that the two last symphonies of Brahms and Dvořák have more than their key in common - yet this also illuminates their differences. The encounter with these masterpieces becomes a sensual and intellectual adventure, sparking enthusiasm, amazement and joy. Both the Bamberger Symphoniker’s concert programmes and their discography have long been marked by openness and a readiness to take risks, as displayed for example in their pioneering Mahler cycle, or the complete recordings of Schubert symphonies alongside works by Berio, Rihm, Widmann and other contemporary composers. This production of the last symphonies by Brahms and Dvořák is not a confrontation, but places them in a new light - and continues the Bamberger Symphoniker and Jakub Hrůša’s dedicated championship of this repertoire.

Reviews

March 2019

Hearing these two E minor symphonies side by side proved far more stimulating than I anticipated. The orchestral playing is absolutely first-class and Hrůša’s conception of the music is totally compelling. This outstandingly recorded first instalment in a projected cycle pairing all four of Brahms’s symphonies with the last four by Dvořák has set the bar really high.

February 2019

In Jakub Hrůša’s hands, the opening of Brahms’s Fourth becomes a series of world-weary sighs, an apt lead-in to a reading that’s at once elegiac and – with relatively broad tempos and some exceptionally emphatic playing by the Bamberg Symphony – monumental…The Czech conductor is slightly more pliant in the Dvořák while conveying a similar sonic grandeur that sometimes borders on the granitic.

The Arts Desk March 2019

Tudor’s production values are high, and the sleeve art is fun, the two composers’ silhouettes shown in profile.