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Brahms: Symphony No.1/Alto Rhapsody/Tragic Overture [Original recording remastered]

~ Johannes Brahms (Composer), Otto Klemperer (Conductor), Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra), Philharmonia Chorus (Orchestra), Christa Ludwig (Performer)

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Performer: Christa Ludwig
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
Conductor: Otto Klemperer
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Audio CD (22 Mar 1999)
SPARS Code: ADD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: Klemperer Legacy
ASIN: B00000J28G
Other Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 72,003 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Tragic Overture, Op. 81 (1999 Digital Remaster) Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer 12:42 �1.89

2. Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 (1999 Digital Remaster) Christa Ludwig/Philharmonia Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer 12:39 �1.89

3. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 (1999 Digital Remaster): First movement: Un poco sostenuto - Allegro Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer 14:06 �2.89

4. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 (1999 Digital Remaster): Second movement: Andante sostenuto Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer 9:25 �1.89

5. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 (1999 Digital Remaster): Third movement: Un poco allegretto e grazioso Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer 4:41 �0.69

6. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 (1999 Digital Remaster): Fourth movement: Adagio - Pi� andante - Allegro non troppo ma con brio Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer 16:00 �2.89

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Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Otto Klemperer
Tragic Overture
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Otto Klemperer
Alto Rhapsody
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra
with Christa Ludwig
Conducted by Otto Klemperer

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5.0 out of 5 stars In a Rhapsody About the Rhapsody, 25 Mar 2009

By	Rev. S. S. Mcfarland - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This CD is all wonderful, at the very top of Brahms recordings - See the current Penguin Guide - but I want to concentrate on the Alto Rhapsody. One day when I had just begun to take an interest in classical music, I was wallpapering a bedroom with the radio on and this recording of the Alto Rhapsody was played. It was so stunning I had to stop my work to listen. That memory remains and I have just listened to it again. Christa Ludwig is breathtaking. She swoops down to lowest level, gathers up all her listeners and carries them up and up to the highest heights. What a voice! What a performance! Klemperer is Klemperer. His back doesn't bend. On one famous occasion when rehearsing a work, he noticed that Walter Legge did not much like his approach. He said, " You do not like it Herr Legge? You will get to like it!" He is always in full regimentals, never in open-neck shirt and jeans. Sometimes his work is ponderous as in his recording of Haydn symphonies but often there is great life, energy and momentum. Hear his Beethoven symphonies, especially the Pastoral, and his Mozart symphonies. Brahms' music was made for him and this is glorious. The Philharmnia Orchestra of that era was the very best and was created by Legge to be a recording orchestra. This is pure gold. Don't miss it

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5.0 out of 5 stars the summit of a Brahms' symphony, 26 April 2004

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In a word, this recording is superb. A majestic, heartfelt and studiousinterpretation of three masterpieces, Klemperer has never been better.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A granite-like Brahms 1, 10 Mar 2009

By	J. Tyrrell (Birmingham UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This has to be my favourite recording of Brahms' First Symphony. I did hear Klemperer conduct this at a concert in London and the enduring memory is of a finale which built to a solid, shattering conclusion. He did much the same with Bruckner's Eighth Symphony. I know the first movement should move along much faster than it does here, but as with Klemperer's legendary Beethoven there is a powerful insistence which carries the listener screwing the intensity to a high pitch. I bought this as an l.p. when it was first issued exchanging it for a boxed set when the Brahms cycle was re-issued together, although a Toscanini recording of the second, issued on HMV in the UK, became first choice. I can't find that lyrical reading on CD. I like Kempe with the Berlin Philharmonic in the third and Karajan's Philharmonia recoding of no 4. This is apart from a Furtwangler performance with the Berlin Philharmonic where the passacaglia finale is of unbelievable intensity.

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