Brahms: Symphony No. 2 / Academic Festival Overture
Album by Johannes Brahms & New York Philharmonic & Kurt Masur
This classical orchestral release by Johannes Brahms gathers two works composed in 1877 and 1880. It exemplifies Brahms's late-Romantic orchestral style through warm lyrical themes, rich harmonic language and contrapuntal textures, reflecting a mature phase in his symphonic output and its place in late 19th-century orchestral tradition.
First released: 1993
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- 1.Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: I. Allegro Non Troppo15:09
- 2.Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: II: Adagio Non Troppo10:01
- 3.Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: III: Allegretto Grazioso - Presto Ma Non Assai5:20
- 4.Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: IV. Allegro Con Sprito9:30
- 5.Academic Festival Overture, Op. 809:37
