Kalman Berkes & Győr Philharmonic Orchestra - Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (2018) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: I. Allegretto non troppo
02. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: II. Adagio non troppo
03. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: III. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino)
04. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: IV. Allegro con spirito
05. Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: I. Allegro con brio
06. Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: II. Andante
07. Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
08. Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: IV. Allegro

Having successfully completed his First Symphony after a 15-year struggle, Brahms began composing his Second almost immediately. His friend, the scholar Philipp Spitta, noted that ‘the first two symphonies form a contrasted imaginative pair entirely characteristic of the composer, and they must be regarded as stemming from a single deeply hidden root’. The Third Symphony, one of Brahms’s most poetic and evocative works, was hailed by the critic Eduard Hanslick as ‘artistically the most perfect … equal to the best of Brahms’s works … a feast for the music-lover and musician’.

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