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“The one essential survey of the symphonies may now be had in a new boxed set of Wilhelm Furtwangler’s Brahms, on the painstaking Music & Arts label.”
–Alex Ross in The New Republic
This is a revised and partially remastered reissue of our extremely successful out of print CD-941, Furtwängler Conducts Brahms, which was acclaimed as the outstanding Brahms collection by Bernard Sherman in Schwann Opus, and Henry Fogel in Fanfare. The weaker version of the second piano concerto by Aeschbacher contained in the original issue was replaced with Edwin Fischer’s superior version and John Ardoin’s extensive notes in the booklet were revised.
FURTWÄNGLER CONDUCTS BRAHMS: THE COMPLETE SYMPHONIES, ETC. CD No. 1, 64:27, Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 68, North German Radio Orchestra, Hamburg, 27 October 1951; Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 68, Finale, Berlin Philharmonic Orch., Berlin, 23 Jan. 1945. CD No. 2, 75:20; Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73, Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna, 28 Jan. 1945; Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90, Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin, 27 April, 1954. CD No. 3, 60:00; Symphony No. 4 in e, Op. 98, Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin, 12-15 Dec. 1943; Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a, Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin, 12-15 Dec. 1943. CD No. 4, 68:05; Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83, Edwin Fisher, piano, Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin, 8 Nov. 1942; Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a, North German Radio Orch., Hamburg, 27 Oct. 1951. UPC# 0-17685-49412-3
Disc 1 Sound Clips (MP3):
1. Brahms- Symphony No. 1- I. Un poco sostenuto; Allegro
2. Brahms- Symphony No. 1- II. Andante sostenuto
3. Brahms- Symphony No. 1- III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
4. Brahms- Symphony No. 1- IV. Adagio piu andante; Allegro non troppo ma con brio
5. Brahms- Symphony No. 1- IV. Adagio piu andante; Allegro non troppo ma con brio
Disc 2 Sound Clips (MP3):
1. Brahms- Symphony No. 2- I. Allegro non troppo
2. Brahms- Symphony No. 2- II. Adagio non troppo
3. Brahms- Symphony No. 2- III. Allegretto grazioso
4. Brahms- Symphony No. 2- IV. Allegro con spirito
5. Brahms- Symphony No. 3- I. Allegro con brio
6. Brahms- Symphony No. 3- II. Andante
7. Brahms- Symphony No. 3- III. Poco allegretto
8. Brahms- Symphony No. 3- IV. Allegro
Disc 3 Sound Clips (MP3):
1. Brahms- Symphony No. 4- I. allegro non troppo
2. Brahms- Symphony No. 4- II. Andante moderato
3. Brahms- Symphony No. 4- III. Allegro giocoso
4. Brahms- Symphony No. 4- IV. Allegro energico e passionato
Disc 4 Sound Clips (MP3):
1. Brahms- Piano Concerto No. 2- I. Allegro non troppo
2. Brahms- Piano Concerto No. 2- II. Allegro appassionato
3. Brahms- Piano Concerto No. 2- III. Andante
4. Brahms- Piano Concerto No. 2- IV. Allegretto grazioso
5. Brahms- Haydn Variations- Chorale St. Antoni. Andante
6. Brahms- Haydn Variations- Var. I. Poco piu animato
7. Brahms- Haydn Variations- Var. II. Piu vivace
8. Brahms- Haydn Variations- Var. III. Con moto
9. Brahms- Haydn Variations- Var. IV. Andante con moto
10. Brahms- Haydn Variations- Var. V. Vivace
11. Brahms- Haydn Variations- Var. VI. Vivace
12. Brahms- Haydn Variations- Var. VII. Grazioso
13. Brahms- Haydn Variations- Var. VIII. Presto non troppo
14. Brahms- Haydn Variations- Var. Finale. Andante
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