Brahms: Complete Orchestral Works

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With the exception of the Violin Concerto, all of the performances are captured in beautiful, natural sound (no evidence of early digital era harshness in the Hungarian Dances) that showcases... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

Release Date: 27th Sep 2019
Catalogue No: ELQ4840144
Label: Eloquence
Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

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Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Work length44:26

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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Recorded: 1977
Recording Venue: Leipzig

1. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro - Meno allegro

Track length13:50

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2. Andante sostenuto

Track length8:45

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3. Un poco allegretto e grazioso

Track length5:06

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4. Adagio - Piu andante - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio - Piu allegro

Track length16:45

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Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'

Work length18:28

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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Recorded: 1977
Recording Venue: Gewandhaus, Leipzig

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

Work length38:48

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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Recorded: 1977
Recording Venue: Gewandhaus, Leipzig

1. Allegro non troppo

Track length14:43

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2. Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso

Track length9:08

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3. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai

Track length5:22

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4. Allegro con spirito

Track length9:35

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Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

Work length36:53

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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Recorded: 1977
Recording Venue: Gewandhaus, Leipzig

1. Allegro con brio - Un poco sostenuto - Tempo I

Track length13:13

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2. Andante

Track length8:50

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3. Poco allegretto

Track length5:58

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4. Allegro

Track length8:52

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

Work length40:39

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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Recorded: 1977

1. Allegro non troppo

Track length12:36

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2. Andante moderato

Track length11:10

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3. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto - Tempo I

Track length6:15

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4. Allegro energico e passionato - Più allegro

Track length10:38

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Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

Work length9:26

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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Recorded: 1977

Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81

Work length12:11

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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Recorded: 1977

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

Work length51:21

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Salvatore Accardo (violin)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Recorded: 1978-09
Recording Venue: Unknown, Leipzig

1. Allegro non troppo

Track length23:57

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2. Adagio

Track length18:35

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3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - Poco più presto

Track length8:49

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Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102

Work length35:20

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Salvatore Accardo (violin), Heinrich Schiff (cello)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Recorded: 1978-09
Recording Venue: Unknown, Leipzig

1. Allegro

Track length18:02

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2. Andante

Track length8:02

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3. Vivace non troppo - Poco meno allegro - Tempo I

Track length9:16

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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

Work length46:18

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Misha Dichter (piano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Recorded: 1977-06
Recording Venue: Unknown, Leipzig

1. Maestoso - Poco più moderato

Track length21:40

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2. Adagio

Track length12:28

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3. Rondo (Allegro non troppo)

Track length12:10

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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

Work length46:56

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Misha Dichter (piano), Siegfried Arnold (cello)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Recorded: 1977-06
Recording Venue: Unknown, Leipzig

1. Allegro non troppo

Track length17:24

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2. Allegro appassionato

Track length8:47

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3. Andante - Più adagio

Track length11:54

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4. Allegretto grazioso - Un poco più presto

Track length8:51

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Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11

Work length46:23

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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Recorded: 1981
Recording Venue: Leipzig

1. Allegro molto

Track length13:21

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2. Scherzo (Allegro non troppo) - Trio (Poco più moto)

Track length8:33

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3. Adagio non troppo

Track length11:04

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4. Menuetto I-II

Track length4:24

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5. Scherzo (Allegro)

Track length3:07

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6. Rondo (Allegro)

Track length5:54

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Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16

Work length30:21

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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Recorded: 1980-09-09
Recording Venue: Gewandhaus, Leipzig

1. Allegro moderato

Track length9:20

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2. Scherzo (Vivace)

Track length2:28

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3. Adagio non troppo

Track length7:23

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4. Quasi menuetto - Trio

Track length4:55

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5. Rondo (Allegro)

Track length6:15

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Brahms: Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 Nos. 1-21

Work length51:46

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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur
Recorded: 1981-09
Recording Venue: Paul Gerhardt Kirche , Leipzig

No. 1 in G Minor

Track length3:06

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No. 2 in D Minor

Track length3:07

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No. 3 in F Major

Track length2:18

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No. 4 in F-Sharp Minor

Track length4:39

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No. 5 in G Minor

Track length2:43

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No. 6 in D-Flat Major

Track length3:26

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No. 7 in A Major

Track length1:39

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No. 8 in A Minor

Track length3:43

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No. 9 in E Minor

Track length2:10

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No. 10 in E Major

Track length1:36

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No. 11 in A Minor

Track length2:53

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No. 12 in D Minor

Track length2:26

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No. 13 in D Major

Track length1:33

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No. 14 in D Minor

Track length1:18

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No. 15 in B-Flat Major

Track length2:51

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No. 16 in F Minor / Major

Track length2:21

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No. 17 in F-Sharp Minor

Track length2:51

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No. 18 in D Major

Track length1:25

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No. 19 in B Minor

Track length2:09

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No. 20 in E Minor

Track length2:13

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No. 21 in E Minor

Track length1:19

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Kurt Masur’s burnished readings of Brahms’s orchestral music with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, issued as a Limited Edition box with Original Jackets.

Hardly less than with its founder, Felix Mendelssohn, the Leipzig Gewandhaus grew up with Brahms conducting and playing. For a sense of heritage, the orchestra boasts a Brahms tradition second to none. In the words of Kurt Masur, their Kapellmeister for over a quarter of a century, ‘if they play Brahms, you can say it’s still authentic’. Eloquence has compiled the Brahms recordings they made together between 1973 and 1981 for both the East-German Eterna label and Philips.

Together they form the most comprehensive documentation yet issued of a musical relationship between composer, conductor and ensemble that was uniformly distinguished by deep understanding and affection. From the keyboard lion’s roaring of the First Piano Concerto to the rage and reconciliation of the Third Symphony and the mellow reflections of the Double Concerto, Masur and the Leipzigers present Brahms in the round.

The bedrock of that sound is a strong, unified string section with a density of timbre that supplies all the required weight for the post-Beethovenian drama of the First and Fourth symphonies. Masur maintained a narrow, brightly illuminated palette of wind tone-colours that lends a ruddy glow to the more pastoral tones of the Second as well as the rustic orchestrations of the Hungarian Dances and the oboe-led slow movement of the Violin Concerto. The 1978 recording of the concerto finds its soloist Salvatore Accardo on his most honeyed and alluring form, contrastingly partnered in the Double Concerto by the gruffer, more outspoken tones of the cellist Heinrich Schiff. Masur and the Gewandhaus made several recordings of the piano concertos; Eloquence returns to the earliest and least-familiar of them, made with the American pianist Misha Dichter in 1977 when he was a peerless exponent of Liszt, in performances that grab the listener by the scruff of the neck and never let go. ‘A first movement notable for its flowing pace and characterful orchestral colouring ... The second movement features the beautifully burnished sound of the Leipzig horns, followed by the strings’ deep, rich sonority toward the end ... The finale is another example of gorgeous orchestral sound.’ - Classics Today, July 2005 (Symphony No.4)

‘Misha Dichter plays the First Concerto with fierce concentration and lyric grace finely blended. Helped by first rate support from Masur and the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the impression his reading gives is one of long musical vistas finely focused.’ - Gramophone, September 1980 (Piano Concerto No.1)

‘The suave tonal opulence and technical brilliance of both Accardo and Schiff are unquestionably impressive in the Brahms Double Concerto.’ - Fanfare, September/October 1980 (Double Concerto)

Reviews

January/February 2020

With the exception of the Violin Concerto, all of the performances are captured in beautiful, natural sound (no evidence of early digital era harshness in the Hungarian Dances) that showcases the glories of this ensemble. Recommended as a fine introduction to the orchestral music of Brahms, or as a supplement to your all-time favorites of this repertoire.

Brahms: Complete Orchestral Works

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