Symphony no. 2

Album by Johannes Brahms & Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

Symphony No. 2 is the second symphony by German composer Johannes Brahms, completed in 1877. The work exemplifies late Romantic orchestral writing with warm, pastoral melodies, rich harmonic language and classical structural clarity, occupying a place in Brahms's output as a more relaxed and lyrical successor to his First Symphony and illustrating his consolidation of compositional techniques.

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  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 73: I. Allegro non troppo
    20:47
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 73: II. Adagio non troppo
    10:33
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 73: III. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino)
    5:30
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 73: IV. Allegro con spirito
    8:50
  5. 5.
    Tragic Overture in D minor, op. 81
    13:26
  6. 6.
    Academic Festival Overture in C minor, op. 80
    10:34

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