Brahms: the first symphony.
Brahms wasn’t the kind of composer to dash off a symphony, and it took him more than 14 years to write his first. Take heart, late bloomers: he was 43 years old by the time it was done. The music was written with the thunderous step of the great Beethoven always in earshot, but at the joyous conclusion of this dramatic symphony Brahms has the last word – perfect and inimitable.
BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture
BRAHMS Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor
AUDIO PLAYER LISTING
Track 1 – BRAHMS Symphony No.1: 1st movement
Track 2 – BRAHMS Symphony No.1: 2nd movement
Track 3 – BRAHMS Symphony No.1: 3rd movement
Track 4 – BRAHMS Symphony No.1: 4th movement
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 0448
Audio kindly supplied by Universal Music.