Brahms / Budapest Festival Orch / Fischer- Complete Symphonies (4pk)
Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra released Symphonies Nos. 1-4 and a large variety of other works by Johannes Brahms between 2009 and 2021. On this box set you will find all of these highly acclaimed Channel Classics recordings. Brahms worked on his First Symphony for many years, a long process driven by extremely diverse musical impulses. The Guardian reviewed Fischer's recording as "monumental in every sense of the word". In the Second Symphony, which took him only a summer to compose, Brahms shows us his masterful skill in developing large-scale architecture from the simplest motifs. Iván Fischer refers to the beginning of Brahms' Third Symphony as being "A life's story in ten bars - there is no more magnificent opening of a symphony than the first 34 seconds of Brahms' Third." Many consider the Fourth Symphony to be the finest of all romantic symphonies. And what a wonderful start: a fragmented melody like a hovering leaf blown up and down by the wind. Iván Fischer: "Never has tenderness been composed more movingly." BBC Music Magazine gave this recording a Double 5-Star review, noting that "This is an orchestra whose players listen to each other intently."
Tracklist:
- Hungarian Dances for orchestra~No. 14
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Theme. Andante
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Poco più animato
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Più vivace
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Con moto
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Andante con moto
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Vivace
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Vivace
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Grazioso
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Presto non troppo
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Finale. Andante
- Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68~I. Un Poco Sostenuto-Allegro
- Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68~II. Andante Sostenuto
- Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68~III. Un Poco Allegretto Graziozo
- Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68~IV. Adagio-Allegro non Troppo ma con Brio
- Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73~I. Allegro non Troppo
- Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73~II. Adagio non Troppo
- Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73~III. Allegretto Grazioso
- Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73~IV. Presto ma non Assai
- Tragic Overture in D Minor, Op. 81
- Academic Festival Overture in C Minor, Op. 80
- Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90~I. Allegro con Brio
- Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90~II. Andante
- Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90~III. Poco Allegretto
- Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90~IV. Allegro
- Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~I. Allegro Moderato
- Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~II. Scherzo: Vivace
- Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~III. Adagio non Troppo
- Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~IV. Quasi Menuetto
- Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~V. Rondo: Allegro
- Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98~I. Allegro non Troppo
- Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98~II. Andante Moderato
- Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98~III. Allegretto Giocoso
- Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98~IV. Allegro Energico e Passionato
- Hungarian Dances for orchestra~No. 11 in D Minor
- Instrumental Folk Music From the Region of Sic.
- Hungarian Dances for orchestra~No. 3 in F Minor
- Hungarian Dances for orchestra~No. 7 in A Minor
UPC > 723385732228
Format > New CD
Label > Channel Classics
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Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra released Symphonies Nos. 1-4 and a large variety of other works by Johannes Brahms between 2009 and 2021. On this box set you will find all of these highly acclaimed Channel Classics recordings. Brahms worked on his First Symphony for many years, a long process driven by extremely diverse musical impulses. The Guardian reviewed Fischer's recording as "monumental in every sense of the word". In the Second Symphony, which took him only a summer to compose, Brahms shows us his masterful skill in developing large-scale architecture from the simplest motifs. Iván Fischer refers to the beginning of Brahms' Third Symphony as being "A life's story in ten bars - there is no more magnificent opening of a symphony than the first 34 seconds of Brahms' Third." Many consider the Fourth Symphony to be the finest of all romantic symphonies. And what a wonderful start: a fragmented melody like a hovering leaf blown up and down by the wind. Iván Fischer: "Never has tenderness been composed more movingly." BBC Music Magazine gave this recording a Double 5-Star review, noting that "This is an orchestra whose players listen to each other intently."
Tracklist:
- Hungarian Dances for orchestra~No. 14
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Theme. Andante
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Poco più animato
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Più vivace
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Con moto
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Andante con moto
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Vivace
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Vivace
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Grazioso
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
- Presto non troppo
- Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Finale. Andante
- Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68~I. Un Poco Sostenuto-Allegro
- Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68~II. Andante Sostenuto
- Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68~III. Un Poco Allegretto Graziozo
- Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68~IV. Adagio-Allegro non Troppo ma con Brio
- Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73~I. Allegro non Troppo
- Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73~II. Adagio non Troppo
- Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73~III. Allegretto Grazioso
- Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73~IV. Presto ma non Assai
- Tragic Overture in D Minor, Op. 81
- Academic Festival Overture in C Minor, Op. 80
- Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90~I. Allegro con Brio
- Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90~II. Andante
- Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90~III. Poco Allegretto
- Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90~IV. Allegro
- Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~I. Allegro Moderato
- Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~II. Scherzo: Vivace
- Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~III. Adagio non Troppo
- Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~IV. Quasi Menuetto
- Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~V. Rondo: Allegro
- Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98~I. Allegro non Troppo
- Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98~II. Andante Moderato
- Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98~III. Allegretto Giocoso
- Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98~IV. Allegro Energico e Passionato
- Hungarian Dances for orchestra~No. 11 in D Minor
- Instrumental Folk Music From the Region of Sic.
- Hungarian Dances for orchestra~No. 3 in F Minor
- Hungarian Dances for orchestra~No. 7 in A Minor
UPC > 723385732228
Format > New CD
Label > Channel Classics
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