Brahms: Complete Symphonies / Kempe, Munich Philharmonic

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Label
Profil
Release Date
October 7, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johannes Brahms
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Rudolf, Kempe
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 07, 2022
    • UPC
      881488200379
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PH20037
    • LABEL
      Profil
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    2. II. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    3. III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    4. IV. Adagio - Più andante - Allegro non troppo ma con brio

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    5. I. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    6. II. Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    7. III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    8. IV. Allegro con spirito

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    9. I. Allegro con brio - Un poco sostenuto

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    10. II. Andante

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    11. III. Poco allegretto

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    12. IV. Allegro - Un poco sostenuto

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    13. I. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    14. II. Andante moderato

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    15. III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    16. IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Più allegro

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

    17. Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a, "St. Anthony Variations"

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Münchner Philharmoniker

      Conductor: Rudolf Kempe


For a long time Johannes Brahms was considered the epitome of conservatism, who, contrary to the disciples of Wagner and Liszt, fell back on old forms, which allegedly had no power anymore. Indeed, Brahms was an expert on music of the past, going back till the polyphonic composers of the 16th century. He made use of old patterns such as the variation and the interrelated passacaglia. He adopted the traditional four-movement symphony and its juxtaposition, respected the pattern of the sonata form and did hardly go beyond Beethoven when it came to instrumentation. However, the perception of Brahms as a “reactionary”, as it was initially argued by Nietzsche and later by the circle of Wagner and Richard Strauss, is unsustainable. No one less than Arnold Schoenberg has recognized the fundamentally different, which divided the composer Brahms, particularly as composer of symphonies, from the masters of the classical sonata and symphony in his famous paper “Brahms, der Fortschrittliche” (Brahms the Progressive)

Recorded 1974-75.