VA — Johannes Brahms — Great Recordings (2022)

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The stature of Johannes Brahms among classical composers is best illustrated by his inclusion among the \»Three Bs\» triumvirate of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. Of all the major composers of the late Romantic era, Brahms was the one most attached to the Classical ideal as manifested in the music of Haydn, Mozart, and especially Beethoven; indeed, Hans von Bulow once characterized Brahms\’ Symphony No. 1 (1855-1876) as \»Beethoven\’s Tenth.\» As a youth, Brahms was championed by Robert Schumann as music\’s greatest hope for the future; as a mature composer, Brahms became the most potent symbol of musical tradition for conservative musical journalists, a stalwart against the \»degeneration\» represented by the music of Wagner and his school. Brahms\’ symphonies, choral and vocal works, chamber music, and piano pieces are imbued with strong emotional feeling, yet take shape according to a thoroughly considered structural plan. The son of a double bassist in the Hamburg Philharmonic Society, Brahms demonstrated great promise at a young age. He began his musical career as a pianist, contributing to the family coffers as a teenager by playing in restaurants, taverns, and even brothels. By his early twenties he enjoyed associations with luminaries like violinists Eduard Remenyi and Joseph Joachim, but the friend and mentor who was most instrumental in advancing his career was Schumann, who all but adopted him and became his most ardent admirer their esteem was mutual. Following Schumann\’s death in 1856, Brahms became the closest confidant and lifelong friend of the composer\’s widow, pianist and composer Clara Wieck Schumann. After a life of spectacular musical triumphs and failed loves (the composer was involved in several romantic entanglements but never wed), Brahms died of liver cancer on April 3, 1897. In every genre in which he composed, Brahms produced works that have become staples of the repertory. His most ambitious work, the German Requiem (1863-1867), is the composer\’s singular reinterpretation of an age-old form. The four symphonies lushly scored, grand in scope, and deeply expressive are cornerstones of the symphonic literature. Brahms\’ concertos are in a similarly monumental, quasi-symphonic vein: the two piano concertos (1856-1859 and 1881), and the Violin Concerto (1878) call for soloists with both considerable technical skill and stamina. His chamber music is among the most sophisticated and exquisitely crafted of the Romantic era; his works that incorporate clarinet (e.g., the Trio in A minor, Op. 114 and the two Sonatas, Op. 120), the latter an instrument largely overlooked by his contemporaries remain unsurpassed. Though the piano sonata never held the same appeal for Brahms as it did for Beethoven (Brahms wrote three to Beethoven\’s 32), he produced a voluminous body of music for the piano. He showed a particular affinity for variations notably, on themes of Schumann (1854), Handel (1861), and Paganini (1862-1863) and likewise produced a passel of national dances and character pieces such as ballades, intermezzi, and rhapsodies. Collectively, these constitute one of the essential bodies of work in the realm of 19th century keyboard music.
01 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No.7 in F Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A — Orchestrated by Ivan Fischer
02 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F — Orchestrated by Brahms
03 Aloys Kontarsky — 1. In B Major
04 Aloys Kontarsky — 6. In C Sharp Major
05 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 10 in F — Orchestrated by Brahms
06 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 13 in D — Orchestrated by Ivan Fischer
07 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation I: Poco piu animato
08 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation II: Piu vivace
09 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation III: Con moto
10 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation IV: Andante con moto
11 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation V: Vivace
12 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation VI: Vivace
13 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation VII: Grazioso
14 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation VIII: Presto non troppo
15 Berliner Philharmoniker — Theme: \»Chorale St. Antoni\»
16 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 18 in D — Orchestrated by Frigyes Hidas
17 Magdalena Kozena — 1. Rede, Madchen, allzu liebes (Live)
18 Magdalena Kozena — 2. Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut (Live)
19 Matthew Polenzani — 3. O die Frauen, o die Frauen (Live)
20 Magdalena Kozena — 4. Wie des Abends schone Rote (Live)
21 Magdalena Kozena — 5. Die grune Hopfenranke (Live)
22 Magdalena Kozena — 6. Ein kleiner, hubscher Vogel nahm den Flug (Live)
23 Andrea Rost — 7. Wohl schon bewandt war es vorehe (Live)
24 Magdalena Kozena — 8. Wenn so lind dein Auge mir (Live)
25 Magdalena Kozena — 9. Am Donaustrande, da steht ein Haus (Live)
26 Magdalena Kozena — 10. O wie sanft die Quelle sich (Live)
27 Magdalena Kozena — 11. Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen (Live)
28 Magdalena Kozena — 12. Schlosser auf! und mache Schlosser (Live)
29 Magdalena Kozena — 13. Vogelein durchrauscht die Luft (Live)
30 Matthew Polenzani — 14. Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar (Live)
31 Magdalena Kozena — 15. Nachtigall, sie singt so schon (Live)
32 Magdalena Kozena — 16. Ein dunkler Schacht ist Liebe (Live)
33 Magdalena Kozena — 18. Es bebet das Gestrauche (Live)
34 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 6. Magdalena
35 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 1. O bone Jesu
36 Matthew Polenzani — 5. Junge Lieder I \»Meine Liebe ist grun wie der Fliederbusch\» (Live)
37 Andrea Rost — 3. Das Madchen spricht (Live)
38 Thomas Quasthoff — 2. Steig auf, geliebter Schatten (Live)
39 Thomas Quasthoff — 3. Mein Herz ist schwer (Live)
40 Thomas Quasthoff — 4. Sapphische Ode (Live)
41 Thomas Quasthoff — 5. Kein Haus, keine Heimat (Live)
42 Magdalena Kozena — 1. Verzicht, o Herz auf Rettung (Live)
43 Magdalena Kozena — 2. Finstere Schatten der Nacht (Live)
44 Andrea Rost — 3. An jeder Hand die Finger (Live)
45 Thomas Quasthoff — 4. Ihr schwarzen Augen (Live)
46 Magdalena Kozena — 5. Wahre, wahre deinen Sohn (Live)
47 Magdalena Kozena — 6. Rosen steckt mir an die Mutter (Live)
48 Magdalena Kozena — 7. Vom Gebirge, Well\’ auf Well\’ (Live)
49 Magdalena Kozena — 8. Weiche Graser im Revier (Live)
50 Andrea Rost — 9. Nagen am Herzen (Live)
51 Matthew Polenzani — 10. Ich kose suss (Live)
52 Andrea Rost — 11. Alles, alles in den Wind (Live)
53 Magdalena Kozena — 12. Schwarzer Wald, dein Schatten ist so duster! (Live)
54 Magdalena Kozena — 13. Nein, Geliebter, setze dich (Live)
55 Magdalena Kozena — 14. Flammenauge, dunkles Haar (Live)
56 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 9 in E minor — Orchestrated by R. Schollum
57 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 19 in B Minor (Orch. Dvorak)
58 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 21 in E Minor (Orch. Dvorak)
59 Budapest Festival Orchestra — 2. Bear Melody
60 Budapest Festival Orchestra — 3. Melody
61 Budapest Festival Orchestra — 4. Slightly Tipsy
62 Budapest Festival Orchestra — 5. Swineherd\’s Dance
63 Berliner Philharmoniker — No.18 In D
64 Berliner Philharmoniker — No.19 In B Minor
65 Berliner Philharmoniker — No.20 In E Minor
66 Berliner Philharmoniker — No.21 In E Minor
67 Rene Kollo — Zuruck nur! zurucke
68 Rene Kollo — Zum zweiten Mal seh\’ ich erscheinen
69 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 2. Marias Kirchgang
70 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 2. Adoramus te, Christe
71 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 2. Ach, arme Welt
72 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
73 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — III. Allegro giocoso — Poco meno presto — Tempo I
74 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — III. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino) — Presto ma non assai
75 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — III. Poco allegretto
76 Staatskapelle Berlin — III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
77 Staatskapelle Berlin — III. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino) — Presto ma non assai
78 Staatskapelle Berlin — III. Poco allegretto
79 Staatskapelle Berlin — III. Allegro giocoso — Poco meno presto — Tempo I
80 Matthew Polenzani — 9. Wie bist du, meine Konigin (Live)
81 Magdalena Kozena — 5. An eine Aolsharfe (Live)
82 Magdalena Kozena — 2. Feldeinsamkeit (Live)
83 Magdalena Kozena — 2. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer (Live)
84 Matthew Polenzani — 17. Nicht wandle, mein Licht, dort aussen (Live)
85 Andrea Rost — 2. Wir wandelten (Live)
86 Andrea Rost — 8. Unbewegte laue Luft (Live)
87 Thomas Quasthoff — 1. Mit vierzig Jahren (Ruckert) (Live)
88 Magdalena Kozena — 15. Zum Schluss: Nun, ihr Musen genug! (Live)
89 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation I: Poco piu animato
90 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation II: Piu vivace
91 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation III: Con moto
92 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation V: Vivace
93 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation VI: Vivace
94 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation VIII: Presto non troppo
95 Berliner Philharmoniker — Theme: \»Chorale St. Antoni\»
96 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation IV: Andante con moto
97 Berliner Philharmoniker — Variation VII: Grazioso
98 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor, WoO 1
99 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D minor — Orchestrated by Ivan Fischer
100 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 4 in F sharp minor — Orchestrated by Ivan Fischer
101 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor, WoO 1, No. 5
102 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D flat — Orchestrated by Albert Parlow
103 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A minor — Orchestrated by R. Schollum
104 Budapest Festival Orchestra — No.11 in D Minor
105 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 12 in D minor — Orchestrated by Ivan Fischer
106 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 14 in D minor — Orchestrated by Ivan Fischer
107 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 15 in B flat — Orchestrated by Frigyes Hidas
108 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 16 in F minor — Orchestrated by Albert Parlow
109 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 17 in F sharp minor — Orchestrated by Frigyes Hidas
110 Budapest Festival Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 20 in E Minor (Orch. Dvorak)
111 Budapest Festival Orchestra — 1. An Evening in the Village
112 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso (Live)
113 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — III. Allegretto grazioso ( Quasi andantino) — Presto ma non assai (Live)
114 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — II. Andante (Live)
115 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — III. Poco allegretto (Live)
116 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — IV. Allegro (Live)
117 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — III. Allegro giocoso — Poco meno presto — Tempo I (Live)
118 Krystian Zimerman — II. Allegro appassionato (Live at Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna / 1984)
119 Krystian Zimerman — IV. Allegretto grazioso — Un poco piu presto (Live at Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna / 1984)
120 Gidon Kremer — II. Adagio (Live)
121 Gidon Kremer — III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace — Poco piu presto (Live)
122 Gidon Kremer — II. Andante (Live)
123 Gidon Kremer — III. Vivace non troppo — Poco meno allegro — Tempo I (Live)
124 Adrian Aeschbacher — 2. Allegro appassionato
125 Adrian Aeschbacher — 4. Allegretto grazioso — Un poco piu presto
126 Berliner Philharmoniker — No.1 In G Minor
127 Berliner Philharmoniker — No.3 In F
128 Berliner Philharmoniker — No.5 In G Minor
129 Berliner Philharmoniker — No.6 In D
130 Berliner Philharmoniker — No.17 In F Sharp Minor
131 Wiener Staatsopernchor — 4. Chor: \»Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth!\» (Live At Musikverein, Vienna / 1987)
132 Barbara Bonney — 5. Solo (Sopran) und Chor: \»Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit\» (Live At Musikverein, Vienna / 1987)
133 Rene Kollo — \»Zu dem Strande, zu der Barke!\»
134 Rene Kollo — O laßt mich einen Augenblick noch hier!
135 Rene Kollo — Stelle her der goldnen Tage
136 Rene Kollo — Sachte kommt! und kommt verbunden!
137 Rene Kollo — \»Aber Alles verkundet\» — \»Nein! nicht langer ist zu saumen!\»
138 Rene Kollo — Weh, was seh\’ ich, welch ein Bild!
139 Rene Kollo — Und umgewandelt seh\’ ich die Holde
140 Rene Kollo — Schon sind sie erhoret
141 Rene Kollo — Auf dem Meere — Schlußchor: \»Segel schwellen\»
142 Rene Kollo — Das erfrischet
143 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra — Es furchte die Gotter das Menschengeschlecht
144 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra — 1. Halleluja! Heil und Preis
145 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra — 2. Lobet unsern Gott
146 Wolfgang Brendel — 3. Und ich sah den Himmel aufgetan
147 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 1. Der englische Gruss
148 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 3. Marias Wallfahrt
149 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 4. Der Jager
150 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 5. Ruf zur Maria
151 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 7. Marias Lob
152 Gerhard Dickel — Brahms: Ave Maria, Op. 12
153 Gerhard Dickel — Brahms: Der 13. Psalm Op. 27
154 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (Op. 29, No. 1)
155 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — Schaffe in mir, Gott; Psalm 51 (Op.29, No. 2)
156 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — Brahms: Geistliches Lied, Op. 30 (Lass dich nur nichts)
157 Edith Mathis — 3. Ra coeli laetare
158 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — Brahms: O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf (Op.74, No.2)
159 Members of NDR-Sinfonieorchester — Brahms: Begrabnisgesang, Op. 13
160 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 1. Unsere Vater hofften auf dich
161 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 2. Wenn ein starker Gewappneter
162 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 3. Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk
163 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 1. Ich aber bin elend
164 Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks — 3. Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein
165 Staatskapelle Dresden — 2. Andante sostenuto (Live At Semperoper, Dresden / 2012)
166 Staatskapelle Dresden — 3. Un poco allegretto e grazioso (Live At Semperoper, Dresden / 2012)
167 Staatskapelle Dresden — 3. Allegretto grazioso ( Quasi andantino) — Presto ma non assai (Live At Semperoper, Dresden / 2013)
168 Staatskapelle Dresden — 4. Allegro con spirito (Live At Semperoper, Dresden / 2013)
169 Staatskapelle Dresden — 2. Andante (Live At Semperoper, Dresden / 2012)
170 Staatskapelle Dresden — 3. Poco allegretto (Live At Semperoper, Dresden / 2012)
171 Staatskapelle Dresden — 4. Allegro (Live At Semperoper, Dresden / 2012)
172 Staatskapelle Dresden — 3. Allegro giocoso — Poco meno presto — Tempo I (Live At Semperoper, Dresden / 2013)
173 Staatskapelle Dresden — 4. Allegro eneo e passionato — Piu allegro (Live At Semperoper, Dresden / 2013)
174 Maurizio Pollini — 2. Allegro appassionato (Live)
175 Maurizio Pollini — 4. Allegretto grazioso — Un poco piu presto (Live)
176 Pinchas Zukerman — 2. Adagio
177 Pinchas Zukerman — 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace — Poco piu presto
178 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — I. Allegro non troppo
179 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — II. Andante moderato
180 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — IV. Allegro eneo e passionato — Piu allegro
181 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
182 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — I. Allegro non troppo
183 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — II. Adagio non troppo — L\’istesso tempo, ma grazioso
184 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — IV. Allegro con spirito
185 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — I. Allegro con brio — Un poco sostenuto — Tempo I
186 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — II. Andante
187 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — IV. Allegro
188 Mischa Maisky — Brahms: Wiegenlied, Op.49, No.4
189 Berliner Philharmoniker — Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 In G Minor, WoO 1 (Orchestrated By Albert Parlow)
190 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — III. Allegro giocoso — Poco meno presto — Tempo I
191 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — IV. Allegro eneo e passionato — Piu allegro
192 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor, WoO 1
193 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 2 In D Minor
194 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 3 In F Major, WoO 1
195 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 4 In F Sharp Minor
196 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor (Orch. by Schmeling)
197 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 6 In D Flat
198 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 7 in F
199 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 8 In A Minor
200 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 9 In E Minor
201 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 10 In F
202 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 11 In D Minor
203 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 12 in D Minor, WoO 1
204 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 13 in D
205 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 14 In D Minor
206 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 15 In B Flat
207 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 16 In F Minor / Major
208 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 17 In F Sharp Minor
209 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 18 in D Major, WoO 1
210 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 19 in B Minor
211 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 20 In E Minor
212 Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — Hungarian Dance No. 21 in E Minor