Note: The individual volumes comprising this 3-CD set are also available individually in the SACD format: Brahms: Symphony No 1 / Young, Hamburg Philharmonic; Brahms: Symphony No 2 / Young, Hamburg Philharmonic; and Brahms: Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 / Young, Hamburg Philharmonic

Leading conductor Simone Young studied in her native city of Sydney, Australia and received a stipend to work at the Cologne Opera where she soon appeared as Kapellmeister. Pianist and maestro Daniel Barenboim then engaged her at the State Opera Unter den Linden in Berlin. At this time she also rapidly developed her international career, which led her to all the world’s most important opera houses and symphony orchestras within just a few years. Alongside her extensive operatic activities, Simone Young has also made a name for herself on the concert podium. She has worked with leading orchestras such as the Vienna and the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the New York and the Munich Philharmonic and many others.