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Orchestral » Symphonies
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Special offer. Brahms: The Symphonies
RecommendedJewel-case version
Gewandhausorchester, Riccardo Chailly
Dynamic and dramatic readings, faithful to Brahms's intentions. Powerfully conceived, they are rhythmically alert, without an ounce of undue sentiment and never for an instant losing sight of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, Disc of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Orchestral Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Recording of the Year
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Building a Library, April 2018, Also recommended
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These are spontaneous-sounding interpretations, sure, but they’re also thoughtful....Indeed, throughout this set, Nézet-Séguin hardly puts a foot wrong, and the COE play their hearts out for... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2024, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, October 2024, Recommended Recording (Symphony No. 1)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Building A Library, August 2025, Recommended Recording (Symphony No. 1)
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His Brahms is as vital, impulsive and rhythmic as all his work strives to be – though not as sheerly dynamic as one might have imagined – but there is blend and bloom, too...he truly listens... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th May 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The playing of the Berlin Philharmonic remains uniquely cultivated, the ensemble is finely polished, and yet there is no lack of warmth or impetus throughout the set. —
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Ádám Fischer and the Danish Chamber Orchestra are by no means the first to have tackled the Brahms symphonies with similarly pared-down forces, and the leaner sound often works to the music’s... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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You won’t hear lovelier playing of Brahms’s music, nor clearer presentation of its ceaselessly inventive inner workings. What doesn’t come across as strongly is how these are two of the greatest... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Perhaps one of the most striking aspects of these performances is the sheer variety of colours and timbres Robin Ticciati manages to extract from the outstanding strings of the Scottish Chamber... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 24th March 2018, Recording of the Week
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This is superb chamber music playing. If you love Brahms’s chamber music, here’s a brand new example. As for the symphonies, it might change the way you listen. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Brahms’s marking for the main portion of the opening movement of his First Symphony is a plain Allegro, but Edward Gardner takes it at an unusually swift tempo, keeping the drama buoyant and... —
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Klemperer conducts Brahms
Symphonies - Overtures - Requiem
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), David Oistrakh (violin), Ralph Downes, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Historical
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