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Friday, September 29, 2017

Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4; Tragic Overture; Schicksalslied (Bruno Walter)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms
  1. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: I. Allegro non troppo
  2. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: II. Andante moderato
  3. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto - Tempo I
  4. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Più Allegro
  5. Tragic Overture, Op. 81: Allegro ma non troppo
  6. Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny), Op. 54

Occidental College Consort (6)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Bruno Walter, conductor

Date: 1959 (1-4), 1960 (5), 1961 (6)
Compilation: 1995
Label: Sony Classical


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Review

The Columbia Symphony may not have been a first-class orchestra, but Bruno Walter trained to do the right things, and it responded with first-class accounts of the Brahms symphonies. While there are instances of less-than-crack ensemble, there is also some very fine first-desk playing, and the performances as a whole are marked by a natural feeling of movement, phrasing, and expression. Walter’s approach to the music is kindly, caring, wonderfully whole – sunny but not overly brilliant, warm but not overly heated, sincere but not overly impassioned. Anyone who thinks that means the conductor was slow, shapeless, or indulgent should listen. There is thrust here, and plenty of momentum. The recordings are closely miked and somewhat bass-heavy, but in Sony’s 20-bit remastering the sound is wonderfully alive and direct.

-- Ted Libbey, author of The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection

More reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Symphony-Tragic-Overture-J-Brahms/dp/B000002A80

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Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer and pianist. In his lifetime, Brahms's popularity and influence were considerable. Brahms composed for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, organ, and voice and chorus. Many of his works have become staples of the modern concert repertoire. An uncompromising perfectionist, Brahms destroyed some of his works and left others unpublished. Brahms is often considered both a traditionalist and an innovator. His music is firmly rooted in the structures and compositional techniques of the Classical masters, with a highly romantic nature embedded within.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms

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Bruno Walter (September 15, 1876 – February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor, pianist and composer, widely considered to be one of the great conductors of the 20th century. He worked closely with Gustav Mahler, whose music he helped to establish in the repertory, as an assistant and a protégé. Mahler did not live to perform his Das Lied von der Erde or Symphony No. 9, but his widow, Alma Mahler, asked Walter to premiere both in 1911 and 1912. Walter's work is documented on hundreds of recordings made between 1900 (when he was 24) and 1961.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Walter

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