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Brahms, Kertesz, Wiener Philharmoniker
Symphonies 3 & 4 / Serenade 1
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (6) - Disc #1
1. Sym No. 3 in F, op.90: I. Allegro con brio - Vienna PO/Istvan Kertesz
2. Sym No. 3 in F, op.90: II. Andante - Vienna PO/Istvan Kertesz
3. Sym No. 3 in F, op.90: III. Poco allegretto - Vienna PO/Istvan Kertesz
4. Sym No. 3 in F, op.90: IV. Allegro - Vienna PO/Istvan Kertesz
5. Ser No. 1 in D, op.11: I. Allegro molto - LSO/Istvan Kertesz
6. Ser No. 1 in D, op.11: II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo - LSO/Istvan Kertesz
Track Listings (8) - Disc #2
1. Ser No. 1 in D, op.11: III. Adagio non troppo - LSO/Istvan Kertesz
2. Ser No. 1 in D, op.11: IV. Menuetto - LSO/Istvan Kertesz
3. Ser No. 1 in D, op.11: V. Scherzo: Allegro - LSO/Istvan Kertesz
4. Ser No. 1 in D, op.11: VI. Allegro - LSO/Istvan Kertesz
5. Sym No. 4 in e, op.98: I. Allegro non troppo - Vienna PO/Istvan Kertesz
6. Sym No. 4 in e, op.98: II. Andante moderato - Vienna PO/Istvan Kertesz
7. Sym No. 4 in e, op.98: III. Allegro giocoso - Vienna PO/Istvan Kertesz
8. Sym No. 4 in e, op.98: IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Vienna PO/Istvan Kertesz

CD Details

All Artists: Brahms, Kertesz, Wiener Philharmoniker
Title: Symphonies 3 & 4 / Serenade 1
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Polygram Records
Release Date: 4/9/1996
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Serenades & Divertimentos, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 028944820027

Synopsis

Amazon.com

This was Istvan Kertesz' last major project. Early in the 1960s, he had conducted the Dvor?ak symphonies with such authority that he recorded the complete cycle for London--an epoch-making set that's still highly recommended today. For those recordings Kertesz had the London Symphony Orchestra, but his best recordings were made in Vienna. His notorious dislike of rehearsals was bound to appeal to the equally relaxed and tradition-conscious Viennese, particularly when it came to music they knew well. The result is a real musical love-in, with the orchestra the star of the show and the performance some of the best Brahms that money can buy. --David Hurwitz

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CD Reviews

Recordings Don't Get More Perfect Than This

Kameelyun | Ohio | 03/25/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"After owning this album for years, I decided to look it up on Amazon and was quite surprised to find no customer reviews! I might as well weigh in then, eh?This is not only perfect music-making in terms of drama, elegance, and technical perfection, but the sound engineers (in the studio) had it together as well. Probably 99% of classical recordings are horribly recorded, with just a frontal microphonal perspective. When this happens, for instance, the strings' accompanimental figures might drown out the winds' melodic line, simply due to the nature of recordings vs. live listening. Not this Kertesz Brahms album! They employed many microphonal angles and a bit of volume control on certain sections when appropriate, to further the balance, so the principal melodic line of the music is never lost, covered, or blurred.Just listen to the end of the first movement of the Fourth Symphony! One of the tour-de-forces of my life."