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Tours to Japan, South America and Australia and conducting commissions with major European and American orchestras added lustre to his international reputation. Günther Herbig celebrates his 85th birthday on November 30, 2016. Today's Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra was founded in 1952 as the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in East Berlin (the Soviet sector of the city) and won international recognition under the direction of Kurt Sanderling in the 1960s and 1970s. Sanderling faced significant hurdles to the development of the orchestra - once the Berlin Wall went up on August 13, 1961, about two thirds of it's musicians were no longer available, as they lived in West Berlin - making his achievement all the greater. The orchestra will mark it's 65th anniversary in 2017. The Brahms cycle thus provides ample reason to celebrate - as a document of the teamwork between the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra and as proof of the excellence of it's former principal conductor - and because, for the first time, it's original sound has been faithfully renewed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI. Un Poco Sostenuto - Allegro - Meno Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII. Andante Sostenuto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIII. Un Poco Allegretto E Grazioso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIV. Adagio - Più Andante - Allegro Non Troppo, Ma Con Brio - Più Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTragic Overture in D minor, Op. 81\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI. Allegro Non Troppo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII. Adagio Non Troppo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIII. Allegretto Grazioso (Quasi Andantino)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIV. 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