IvÃ¡n Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra released Symphonies Nos. 1-4 and a large variety of other works by Johannes Brahms between 2009 and 2021. On this box set you will find all of these highly acclaimed Channel Classics recordings. Brahms worked on his First Symphony for many years, a long process driven by extremely diverse musical impulses. The Guardian reviewed Fischer's recording as "monumental in every sense of the word". In the Second Symphony, which took him only a summer to compose, Brahms shows us his masterful skill in developing large-scale architecture from the simplest motifs. IvÃ¡n Fischer refers to the beginning of Brahms' Third Symphony as being "A life's story in ten bars - there is no more magnificent opening of a symphony than the first 34 seconds of Brahms' Third." Many consider the Fourth Symphony to be the finest of all romantic symphonies. And what a wonderful start: a fragmented melody like a hovering leaf blown up and down by the wind. IvÃ¡n Fischer: "Never has tenderness been composed more movingly." BBC Music Magazine gave this recording a Double 5-Star review, noting that "This is an orchestra whose players listen to each other intently."

Tracklist:

Hungarian Dances for orchestra~No. 14
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Theme. Andante
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
Poco piÃ¹ animato
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
PiÃ¹ vivace
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
Con moto
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
Andante con moto
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
Vivace
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
Vivace
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
Grazioso
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Variation
Presto non troppo
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56A~Finale. Andante
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68~I. Un Poco Sostenuto-Allegro
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68~II. Andante Sostenuto
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68~III. Un Poco Allegretto Graziozo
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68~IV. Adagio-Allegro non Troppo ma con Brio
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73~I. Allegro non Troppo
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73~II. Adagio non Troppo
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73~III. Allegretto Grazioso
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73~IV. Presto ma non Assai
Tragic Overture in D Minor, Op. 81
Academic Festival Overture in C Minor, Op. 80
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90~I. Allegro con Brio
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90~II. Andante
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90~III. Poco Allegretto
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90~IV. Allegro
Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~I. Allegro Moderato
Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~II. Scherzo: Vivace
Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~III. Adagio non Troppo
Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~IV. Quasi Menuetto
Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16~V. Rondo: Allegro
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98~I. Allegro non Troppo
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98~II. Andante Moderato
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98~III. Allegretto Giocoso
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98~IV. Allegro Energico e Passionato
Hungarian Dances for orchestra~No. 11 in D Minor
Instrumental Folk Music From the Region of Sic.
Hungarian Dances for orchestra~No. 3 in F Minor
Hungarian Dances for orchestra~No. 7 in A Minor

UPC: 723385732228
Label: Channel Classics
Release Date: 10.21.22
Format: CD

Brahms / Budapest Festival Orch / Fischer - Complete Symphonies (4pk) (CD)