Description
Platinum 2 - Brahms - Sinfonia n. 1, Sinfonia n. 2 / Philharmonia Polonica, Karl Prisner / Classic Art 2x Audio CD 2000 / CC 200.014
UPC 5030240116624
The Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, is a symphony written by Johannes Brahms. Brahms spent at least fourteen years completing this work, whose sketches date from 1854. Brahms himself declared that the symphony, from sketches to finishing touches, took 21 years, from 1855 to 1876. The premiere of this symphony, conducted by the composer's friend Felix Otto Dessoff, occurred on 4 November 1876, in Karlsruhe, then in the Grand Duchy of Baden. A typical performance lasts between 45 and 50 minutes.
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73, was composed by Johannes Brahms in the summer of 1877, during a visit to Pörtschach am Wörthersee, a town in the Austrian province of Carinthia. Its composition was brief in comparison with the 21 years it took Brahms to complete his First Symphony.
The symphony is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, and strings.
The cheery and almost pastoral mood of the symphony often invites comparisons with Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, but, perhaps mischievously, Brahms wrote to his publisher on November 22, 1877, that the symphony "is so melancholy that you will not be able to bear it. I have never written anything so sad, and the score must come out in mourning."
The premiere was given in Vienna on 30 December 1877 by the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Hans Richter; Walter Frisch notes that it had originally been scheduled for 9 December, but "in one of those little ironies of music history, it had to be postponed [because] the players were so preoccupied with learning Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner." A typical performance lasts between 40 and 50 minutes.
| Label: | Classic Art - CC 200.014 |
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| Format: |
2x CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2000 |
| Genre: | Classical |
Tracklist:
CD 1
Sinfonia n. 1 in do minore, Op. 68 47:31
1. I Un poco sostenuto - Allegro 14:39
2. II Andante sostenuto 9:40
(violin solo: Christopher Warren-Green)
3. Ill Un poco allegretto e grazioso 5:24
4. IV Adagio - Allegro non troppo ma con brio 17:45
CD 2
Sinfonia n. 2 in Re maggiore, Op. 73 42:58
1. I Allegro non troppo 16:51
2. II Adagio non troppo
L’ istesso tempo, ma grazioso 11:00
3. III Allegretto grazioso
(Quasi Andantino)
Presto ma non assai - Tempo 5:31
4. IV Allegretto con spirito 9:33
- Orchestra - Philharmonica Polonica
- Conducted - Karl Prisner
