The Symphonies

Album by Johannes Brahms & Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Paavo Berglund

The Symphonies are the four numbered symphonies by German composer Johannes Brahms, completed between 1876 and 1885. They combine Classical forms with Romantic harmonic language and dense orchestration, featuring extended thematic development and structural rigour that situates them as central large-scale works in the late-Romantic symphonic repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
    15:09
  2. 2.
    Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: II. Andante sostenuto
    8:35
  3. 3.
    Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
    4:34
  4. 4.
    Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: IV. Adagio - Più andante - Allegro non troppo ma con brio
    16:13

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: I. Allegro non troppo
    20:09
  2. 3.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: II. Adagio non troppo
    9:08
  3. 4.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) - Presto, ma non assai
    5:09
  4. 5.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: IV. Allegro con spirito
    9:04

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: I. Allegro con brio - Un poco sostenuto
    12:41
  2. 4.
    Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: II. Andante
    8:34
  3. 5.
    Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
    6:06
  4. 6.
    Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: IV. Allegro - Un poco sostenuto
    8:52
  5. 7.
    Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: I. Allegro non troppo
    11:39
  6. 8.
    Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: II. Andante moderato
    10:12
  7. 9.
    Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: III. Allegro giocoso
    6:11
  8. 10.
    Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: IV. Allegro energico e passionato
    9:41

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