Since you are interested in Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op.68 / Haydn Variations, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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Piano Quartets Op.25, 26 & 60 Beaux Arts Trio (with Walter Trampler - viola) [ Pentatone SACD / 2 SACD - released 11/Mar/2006 ] The first quartets written by Brahms were not strings quartets, as one might expect, but these piano quartets, with which Brahms refers to the works written by Mozart in this genre and on which he worked simultaneously |
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Serenades Op.11 & Op. 16 Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig / Kurt Masur (conductor) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] There was nothing else for it, but to take the well-nigh insurmountable hurdle set by Beethoven. And what is more, without once again falling flat on his face, as had been the case during the second performance of his Piano Concerto Op.15 in 1859. |
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 / Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 Julia Fischer (violin) & Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam / Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/May/2007 ] "A winning Brahms Double, violinist and cellist playing with warmth." RECORDING OF THE MONTH Gramophone Magazine August 2007 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat / Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor Pathetique Misha Dichter (piano / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Kurt Masur [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Aug/2006 ] Brahms probably wrestled with his Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 to a greater degree and for a longer period of time than with any other work. |
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Hans Vonk 1942-2004: The Final Sessions Incls Rhapsody for Alto, Male Chorus and Orchestra Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hans Vonk [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 22/Oct/2005 ] "The PentaTone Classics label pride themselves on their first class sound quality... An excellent achievement." (MusicWeb April 2006) |
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Symphony No. 2 in D, Op.73 / Tragic Overture Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hans Vonk (conductor) [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] "At last a Brahms symphony in SA-CD. This is a good steady reading and recording, well done by the PentaTone team. Can only jope the other three symphonies are to come in the future." (SA-CD.Net) |
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Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Feb/2008 ] "Pentatone gets both symphonies, with all repeats intact, on a single 80-minute disc, making this quite a bargain. The engineering, as in the previous recording of the First Symphony, is very good in all formats" (ClassicsToday 10 performance 10 sound) |
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Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98 / 8 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Marek Janowski (conductor) [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Marek Janowski concludes his superb Brahms cycle with this unquestionably great performance of the Fourth Symphony. Everything about it is memorable, stylish, and characterful." (ClassicsToday 10 performance 10 sound) |