Brahms Complete Symphonies – Gardiner & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra [CD]

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John Eliot Gardiner Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra “The Brahms project with the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique in 2007 was a thrilling undertaking – a thorough reappraisal of Brahms’s sound world, both in terms of period instruments and a study of the surviving evidence of performance practice. So why then a second recording 18 years later? First, because these symphonies are evergreen – miracles at the time of their inception and super-challenging every time one encounters them. Second, because I sensed a need and a personal challenge to build on that seminal earlier experience and to extend it’s findings and interpretations to/in working with a modern instrument orchestra – especially such a distinguished, flexible and immensely accomplished one as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – in search of a fresh synthesis of styles and approaches. ‘Fuego y cristal,’ as Jorge Luis Borges described them. That’s what we’ve been aiming at.” – John Eliot Gardiner. 3-CD Digipak set with booklet.

Tracklist:

1. I. Un poco sostenuto – Allegro
2. II. Andante sostenuto
3. III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
4. IV. Adagio – Più andante – Allegro non troppo ma con brio – Più allegro
5. I. Allegro con brio
6. II. Andante
7. III. Poco allegretto
8. IV. Allegro
9. I. Allegro non troppo
10. II. Adagio non troppo
11. III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino)
12. IV. Allegro con spirito
13. I. Allegro con brio
14. II. Andante
15. III. Poco allegretto
16. IV. Allegro
17. I. Allegro con brio
18. II. Adagio non troppo
19. III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino)
20. IV. Allegro
21. I. Allegro con brio
22. II. Andante moderato
23. III. Poco allegretto
24. IV. Allegro

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