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Johannes Brahms, Bernard Haitink, London Symphony Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (4) - Disc #1
1. Allegro Non Troppo
2. Andante Moderato
3. Allegro Giocoso
4. Allegro Enerico E Passionato

CD Details

All Artists: Johannes Brahms, Bernard Haitink, London Symphony Orchestra
Title: Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Lso Live UK
Release Date: 3/8/2005
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Style: Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 822231105725

Synopsis

Album Description

Loaded with German Romanticism and including variations on a Bach cantata, Brahms final symphony is a remarkable example of his mastery of symphonic composition. A rich, warm work that builds on a sense of movement and intensity right up to the final bars. This release also represents the completion of Bernard Haitink's celebrated LSO Live Brahms cycle that has included the symphonies, Double Concerto, Tragic Overture and Serenade No 2.

CD Reviews

It would take a great Brahms Fourth to justify a 41 min. CD.

Santa Fe Listener | Santa Fe, NM USA | 07/20/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I hope Haitink will be gratified to find out that one reviewer at Amazon thinks his late, live Brahms Fourth is world class. Or should that be one reviewer in the whole world? This Fourth from London, in accord with the rest of Haitink's cycle, is mellow, relaxed, and gentle to the point of being shapeless. You could only love it if you demand that there be no interpretatoin at all. Haitink barely provides any. He sets a tempo, balances the chords, keeps the melodies sweet, and that's that. Is the Brahms Fourth heroic, tragic, melancholy, triumphant, or all of these by turns? You'd never know from this placid performance."