Symphony No.4 / Academic Festival Overture

Album by Johannes Brahms & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & André Previn

Symphony No. 4 and the Academic Festival Overture are orchestral compositions by Johannes Brahms, composed in 1885 and 1880 respectively. They exemplify late-Romantic orchestral writing: the symphony is characterised by a tightly argued, cyclic structure, rich harmonic language and contrapuntal textures, while the overture adopts a more celebratory, processional character derived from academic chorale material, and both occupy central positions in Brahms's mature output and in the late 19th-century orchestral repertoire.

Symphony No.4 / Academic Festival Overture by Brahms - album cover

First released: 1993

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1.
Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: I. Allegro non troppo
13:19
2.
Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: II. Andante moderato
11:57
3.
Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto
6:08
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Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Più allegro
10:11
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Academic Festival Overture in C minor, op. 80
10:40