Symphony No. 1, Tragic Overture

Album by Johannes Brahms & Sir John Barbirolli & Wiener Philharmoniker

Symphony No. 1 and the Tragic Overture are orchestral works by Johannes Brahms, completed and premiered in 1876 and 1880 respectively. Musically, the symphony consolidates Brahms's late-Romantic language with dense orchestration, rigorous motivic development and a gradual, dramatic trajectory that resolved a long gestation period in his career, while the Tragic Overture shares brooding harmonic weight and turbulent orchestral textures, together marking Brahms's establishment as a major symphonic voice in the late 19th century.

Symphony No. 1, Tragic Overture by Johannes Brahms - album cover

First released: 1994

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1.
Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
15:30
2.
Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: II. Andante sostenuto
9:30
3.
Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
5:08
4.
Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: IV. Adagio - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
19:12
5.
Tragic Overture in D minor, Op. 81
13:03