The Four Symphonies

Album by Johannes Brahms & Philharmonia Orchestra & Christoph von Dohnányi

The Four Symphonies are the cycle of four orchestral symphonies by German composer Johannes Brahms, completed between 1876 and 1885. They exemplify late-Romantic orchestral writing, combining classical symphonic forms, dense harmonic language and varied orchestral colour, and they occupy a key place in Brahms's career as his major contributions to the symphonic repertoire and his engagement with the earlier symphonic tradition.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony No. 1: I Un poco sostenuto – Allegro
    14:26
  2. 2.
    Symphony No. 1: II Andante sostenuto
    8:31
  3. 3.
    Symphony No. 1: III Un poco allegretto e grazioso
    4:34
  4. 4.
    Symphony No. 1: IV Adagio – Più andante – Allegro non troppo ma con brio
    17:24
  5. 5.
    Symphony No. 2: I Andante – Allegro non troppo
    21:21
  6. 6.
    Symphony No. 2: II Adagio
    9:05
  7. 7.
    Symphony No. 2: III Scherzo
    4:59
  8. 8.
    Symphony No. 2: IV Finale: Allegro con spirito
    9:55

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony No. 3: I Allegro con brio
    12:50
  2. 3.
    Symphony No. 3: II Andante
    8:36
  3. 4.
    Symphony No. 3: III Poco allegretto
    6:25
  4. 5.
    Symphony No. 3: IV Allegro
    9:23
  5. 6.
    Symphony No. 4: I Allegro non troppo
    12:43
  6. 7.
    Symphony No. 4: II Andante moderato
    11:26
  7. 8.
    Symphony No. 4: III Scherzo
    6:18
  8. 9.
    Symphony No. 4: IV Finale: Passacaglia
    9:45

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