Symphony 1

Album by Johannes Brahms & Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 is the first symphony by German composer Johannes Brahms, completed and premiered in 1876. The work is a large-scale Romantic symphony that employs classical forms, expanded orchestral forces and dense thematic development, and its long gestation following Brahms's earlier chamber and choral work positions it as his emergence as a symphonist within the 19th-century orchestral tradition.
First released: 1st September 2008

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Begräbnisgesang, op. 13
    6:14
  2. 2.
    Mitten wir im Leben sind, op. 23 no. 3
    8:38
  3. 3.
    Schicksalslied, op. 54
    15:51
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68: I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
    15:04
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68: II. Andante sostenuto
    8:30
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68: III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
    4:15
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68: IV. Adagio - Più andante - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
    15:56

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