London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop - Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 - Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 4-9 (2007)

Tracklist

01. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: I. Allegro non troppo
02. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: II. Andante moderato
03. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto
04. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Più allegro
05. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D Minor (Arr. P. Breiner for orchestra)
06. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 4 in F-Sharp Minor (Arr. P. Breiner for orchestra)
07. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor (Arr. P. Breiner for orchestra)
08. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D Major (Arr. P. Breiner for orchestra)
09. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 7 in F Major (Arr. P. Breiner for orchestra)
10. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A Minor (Arr. P. Breiner for orchestra)
11. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 9 in E Minor (Arr. P. Breiner for orchestra)

“With this opening release (Naxos 8.557428 – Brahms Symphony No. 1), we can only sit back and wait with tremendous anticipation for the remaining three symphonies to be released. This is a recording that can be set alongside Klemperer and Karajan and hold pride of place.” (MusicWeb- International)

The fourth and final release in the major new Naxos cycle of Brahms Symphonies featuring the London Philharmonic and Marin Alsop presents the Symphony No. 4, which won immediate success at the time of its 1885 première and was praised by the critic Hanslick for its demonstration of the composer’s mastery of ‘all the secrets of counterpoint, harmony and invention’. It is coupled with seven of Brahms’s Hungarian Dances imaginatively orchestrated by Peter Breiner in a special Naxos commission for this recording.

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