Johannes Brahms: The Symphonies (B0000041Z5) - Reviews and Prices

Editorial Review:

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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 11-FEB-1992

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

Sonic perfection:

Solti recorded these works at Medinah Temple, Chicago, in 1978 and 1979, while Orchestra Hall was undergoing the first of several long-needed acoustical makeovers. Reiner, Solti's exacting predecessor, recorded many seminal performances there after engineers assured him that Medinah's acoustics exceeded those of Orchestra Hall as it then existed. The building, dating to 1912, still stands on the Near North Side of Chicago, having been granted landmark status by the city on June 27, 2001. The sound of all 4... more info

Beautiful Renditions of the Brahms Symphonies:

I can only share the enthusiasm of reviewers who praise these performances by Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. I own most of the Brahms box sets (Chailly, Harnoncourt, Karajan, Bernstein, Bohm, etc.), but I have to say I'm most impressed with these recordings. I actually prefer Solti's and Harnoncourt's to Karajan's acclaimed cycle.
I'm not sure what is about these performances that make them so great. The tempi are excellent and not rushed. The overall sound quality is really good,... more info

Masterful:

I love these performances by Solti. Then I don't. But I really do. Sound confused? I truly admire these excellent performances of Brahms' symphonic cycle. This is straightforward Brahms. Great conducting. I expected that by Solti. It also has tremendous bulldog orchestral syncopation by one of America's consistently best orchestras since WWII. I don't expect to see much better conducting or playing. So why am I so torn by Solti's great performances? He plays the music as honestly as it can be played. The... more info

Un-sensational Brahms:

One generally tends to think of Georg Solti as a sensationalistic conductor--going for spectacular orchestral effects even at the expense of line, structure and mood. Whether this generalization is in any sense apt is an open question, but it certainly doesn't apply to Solti's remarkably cogent Brahms cycle.
Surprisingly, the performances in this box are closer in style to Klemperer than to Stokowski or Bernstein. That means slow and steady rather than febrile or opulent. The First begins grandly with... more info

Tracks:

1. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: Un poco sostenuto... Allegro
2. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: Andante sostenuto
3. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: Un poco Allegretto e grazioso
4. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: Finale, Piu Andante... Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
5. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: Allegro non troppo
6. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: Adagio non troppo
7. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: Allegretto grazioso
8. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73: Allegro con spirito
9. Tragic Overture, in D minor, Op. 81
10. Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: Allegro con brio
11. Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: Andante
12. Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: Poco Allegretto
13. Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: Allegro
14. Academic Festival Overture, for orchestra in C minor ('Akademische Festouvertüre'), Op. 80
15. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: Allegro non troppo
16. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: Andante moderato

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