Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra bring to a close their celebrated Brahms’ cycle with the release of Brahms Symphonies Nos 3 and 4.

Brahms is often associated with the idea of abstract music, free of literary models or autobiography, but with the Third the composer wrote in many ways his most personal symphony.

Composed at a mountain retreat in 1884, about a year after completing the Third, Brahms’ architectural musical skill is nowhere more evident than in his Fourth and final symphony, employing Baroque contrapuntal techniques and chromatic labyrinths and described by Hans von Bülow as having the feeling of ‘being given a beating by two incredibly intelligent people.’

Composer Brahms
Conductor Valery Gergiev
Performers London Symphony Orchestra

Symphony No. 3 in F Major
1. I. Allegro con brio
2. II. Andante
3. II. Poco allegretto
4. IV. Allegro

Symphony No. 4 in E Minor
5. I. Allegro non troppo
6. II. Andante moderato
7. III. Allegro giocoso
8. IV: Allegro energico e passionato

Release date 2014
LSO0737 | 0822231173724

Digital booklet in English / Notes de programme en français / Einführungstexte auf Deutsch

Producer James Mallinson
Engineers Classic Sound Ltd
Recorded 11-19 December 2012 in the Barbican Hall, London

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