Symphony No. 2 / Academic Festival Overture

Album by Johannes Brahms & The Philadelphia Orchestra & Riccardo Muti

Symphony No. 2 / Academic Festival Overture is a pairing of orchestral works by Johannes Brahms, composed in 1877 and 1880 respectively. The symphony is characterised by warm, pastoral melodies and dense Romantic orchestration while the overture is more festive and brimming with march-like, academic fanfare elements, together illustrating contrasting facets of Brahms's mature orchestral language.

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  1. 1.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: I. Allegro non troppo
    21:16
  2. 2.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: II. Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso
    9:46
  3. 3.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: III. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai
    5:25
  4. 4.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: IV. Allegro con spirito
    9:11
  5. 5.
    Akademische Festouvertüre, Op. 80
    10:35

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