The Symphonies

Album by Johannes Brahms & Robin Ticciati & Scottish Chamber Orchestra

The Symphonies is a cycle of four symphonies by Johannes Brahms, completed between 1876 and 1885. They exemplify Brahms's mature Romantic orchestral style, combining classical forms and rigorous counterpoint with dense, richly textured orchestration and expansive harmonic language, and they occupy a central place in his output as his principal large-scale orchestral works.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
    12:03
  2. 2.
    Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: Andante sostenuto
    8:32
  3. 3.
    Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: Un poco allegretto e grazioso
    4:29
  4. 4.
    Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: Adagio - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
    15:51
  5. 5.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: Allegro non troppo
    14:03
  6. 6.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: Adagio non troppo
    9:09
  7. 7.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino)
    4:56
  8. 8.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: Allegro con spirito
    9:00

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: Allegro con brio
    12:18
  2. 3.
    Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: Andante
    8:32
  3. 4.
    Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: Poco allegretto
    6:18
  4. 5.
    Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: Allegro
    8:23
  5. 6.
    Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: Allegro non troppo
    12:09
  6. 7.
    Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: Andante moderato
    10:42
  7. 8.
    Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: Allegro giocoso
    6:01
  8. 9.
    Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: Allegro energico e passionato
    9:39

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