Symphony no. 3 in F, op. 90 / Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56a

Album by Johannes Brahms & London Symphony Orchestra & Antal Doráti

Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 and the Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a are orchestral works by Johannes Brahms, composed in 1883 and 1873 respectively. The symphony exemplifies Brahms's mature Romantic orchestral style with warm, lyrical writing, motivic development and a cyclical sense of unity that marks it as a key middle-period work, while the Variations display his interest in classical forms and contrapuntal technique by transforming a chorale-like theme through varied orchestral colour and formal rigour.