Symphony No 2 / Double Concerto
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BRAHMS
Symphony No 2 / Double Concerto
Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink
[ LSO Live / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 15 January 2004
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"Haitink revisits Brahms in these imposing and beautifully shaded new accounts"
Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (March 2004)
"Bernard Haitink's concerts with the LSO have become highlights in seasons generally replete with highlights. In this, his 75th birthday year it's good to see this great conductor back on record. This is the sort of disc that will surely prove that there is a market for Brahms symphonies - and it is good to have a recording of the lovely Double Concerto that employs orchestral principals for the solo parts, rather than a pair of expensive 'stars'. And Nikolitch and Hugh are certainly the stars here."
Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (March 2004)
After struggling to complete his first symphony, Brahms composed his Symphony No 2 with ease and the work overflows with a relaxed, pastoral beauty. His Double Concerto is laced with a fiery gypsy passion and pitches violin and cello against orchestra.
This release is Bernard Haitink's first on the LSO Live label and marks the start of a complete Brahms Symphony cycle, music in which Haitink excels. Gordan Nikolitch and Tim Hugh, the LSO's Leader and Principal Cellist respectively and accomplished soloists in the own right, step out from the orchestra for the Double Concerto.
Recorded live at the Barbican on 17 and 18 May 2003
Tracks:
BRAHMS Symphony No 2
BRAHMS Double Concerto
