Symphony no. 4 / Hungarian Dances nos. 5 & 6

Album by Johannes Brahms & サイトウ・キネン・オーケストラ & Seiji Ozawa

This release pairs orchestral and piano works by Johannes Brahms, with the symphony completed in 1885 and the Hungarian dances originally published in 1869. The music employs late-Romantic harmonic language and folk-influenced rhythms, juxtaposing extended symphonic development and contrapuntal orchestration with dance-derived melodies, and represents a late-career synthesis of Brahms's formal techniques and engagement with central European folk idioms.

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  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: 1. Allegro non troppo
    12:06
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: 2. Andante moderato
    11:07
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: 3. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto - Tempo I
    6:20
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 98: 4. Allegro energico e passionato - Più allegro
    9:47
  5. 5.
    Hungarian Dance no. 5 in G minor, WoO 1 no. 5
    2:42
  6. 6.
    Hungarian Dance no. 6 in D flat major, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance no. 6 In D flat
    3:27

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