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Symphonies No.1-4 (Zimmerman) [Box set]

~ Brahms/Sawallisch (Artist)
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Product details

  • Audio CD (2 Sep 2002)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 7
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: EMI Classics
  • ASIN: B00006HM8Y
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 53,724 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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On this CD:
  1. Symphony No. 1 in C minor
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

  2. Symphony No. 2 in D
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

  3. Symphony No. 3 in F
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

  4. Symphony No. 4 in E minor
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

  5. Tragic Overture
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

  6. Academic Festival Overture
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

  7. Variations on a Theme by Haydn, 'St Antoni Chorale'
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

  8. Schicksalslied
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    Performed by Ambrosian Singers
    Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

  9. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D minor
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    with Stephen Kovacevich
    Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

  10. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B flat
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    with Stephen Kovacevich
    Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

  11. (2) Lieder
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    with Ann Murray, Nobuko Imai, Stephen Kovacevich

  12. (5) Lieder
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    with Ann Murray, Stephen Kovacevich

  13. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
    with Frank Peter Zimmermann
    Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

  14. Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    with Frank Peter Zimmermann, Heinrich Schiff
    Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

  15. Trio for Horn/Viola, Violin and Piano in E flat
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    with Frank Peter Zimmermann, Marie Luise Neunecker, Wolfgang Sawallisch

  16. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 3 in G
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
    with Frank Peter Zimmermann
    Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

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2.0 out of 5 stars Like the curate's egg; parts of it are excellent..., 14 Dec 2006
By lexo1941 (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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These EMI Classics box sets are a constant gamble. Sometimes, as in the complete late 60s Daniel Barenboim recordings of the Beethoven piano sonatas, they're a stunning bargain - a job-lot of brilliant recordings on sale at a ridiculously low price. Elsewhere, they're like this: some wonderful stuff bundled together with some profound mediocrity.

The two Piano Concertos, included herein with stand-out performances by Stephen Kovacevich, are superb. Likewise, such works as the Haydn Variations and the Academic Festival Overture are played with immense gusto. The puzzling thing is that Sawallisch entirely loses his touch when it comes to the symphonies.

Brahms only wrote four symphonies, and I suspect that they aren't regarded as being the least musician-proof works in the repertoire. With a less than inspired conductor and orchestra, they can come across as 'thoughtful', 'meditative' or just plain boring. The latter is the case here. Sawallisch conducts as though Brahms really were the ploddingly academic composer that early 20th century musical criticism once believed him to be.

When I first discovered these works, it was via the late 70s Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker recordings. The late Karajan may have been guilty of many mannerisms, but he succeeded in kicking these huge, complex, brooding pieces of music into surging life. Sawallisch merely goes through the motions. I'd avoid this set, unless you have to listen to all of Brahms' orchestral works right now, and you're very poor. But this is not the best way to fall in love with Brahms.

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