The Symphonies

Album by Johannes Brahms & Daniel Raiskin & Rheinische Philharmonie

The Symphonies are the four symphonies by German composer Johannes Brahms, completed between 1876 and 1885. These Romantic-era orchestral works blend classical forms such as sonata and variation with rich chromatic harmony, dense orchestration and rigorous motivic development, and they represent the central large-scale orchestral achievement of Brahms's mature career and a pivotal contribution to the late 19th-century symphonic tradition.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68: I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
    16:02
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68: II. Andante sostenuto
    8:31
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68: III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
    4:42
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68: IV. Adagio - Più andante - Allegro non troppo ma con brio
    16:50

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 73: I. Allegro non troppo
    19:46
  2. 3.
    Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 73: II. Adagio non troppo
    9:26
  3. 4.
    Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 73: III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino)
    5:02
  4. 5.
    Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 73: IV. Allegro con spirito
    9:30

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Symphony no. 3 in F major, op. 90: I. Allegro con brio
    12:53
  2. 4.
    Symphony no. 3 in F major, op. 90: II. Andante
    8:46
  3. 5.
    Symphony no. 3 in F major, op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
    6:18
  4. 6.
    Symphony no. 3 in F major, op. 90: IV. Allegro
    9:00
  5. 7.
    Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: I. Allegro non troppo
    12:48
  6. 8.
    Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: II. Andante moderato
    11:48
  7. 9.
    Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: III. Allegro giocoso
    6:02
  8. 10.
    Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: IV. Allegro energico e passionato
    10:05

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