Symphony no. 1 in C Minor, op. 68

Album by Johannes Brahms & Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 is the first symphony by German composer Johannes Brahms, completed and premiered in 1876. It synthesises Classical structural principles with Romantic harmonic language and expansive orchestral sonorities, concluding a prolonged period of composition in Brahms's career and situating the work within the 19th-century symphonic tradition influenced by earlier models.

First released: 1986

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Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68: Un poco sostenuto. Allegro
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Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68: Andante sostenuto
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Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68: Un poco allegretto e grazioso
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Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68: Adagio. Più andante. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
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