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Brahms: Sym. # 1: Utah Sym./ Abravanel (2004) - DVD-Audio

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1 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, Un poco sostenuto. Allegro. Meno allegro 12:15 1976 2 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, Andante sostenuto 8:14 1976 3 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, Un poco allegretto e grazioso 4:56 1976 4 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, Adagio. Piu andante. Allegro non troppo ma con brio. Piu allegro 15:48 1976 5 Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op. 56a 16:29 1976

Featuring: Utah Symphony - Abravanel

Special Features: , DVD-Audio, 5.1 Dolby Digital

Composer: Brahms

Genre: Classical

Region Code: 0

Rating: NOT RATED

Languages: English

Studio: Silverline Classics

Street Date: April 20, 2004

SKU:	676628823798
Weight:	0.25
Regular Price: $17.98 On Sale For: $14.38

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1. Dan on 9/14/2007, said:

While the Utah Symphony under conductor Maurice Abravanel made quite a few very good recordings, they never got the virtuoso reputation earned among the likes of Cleveland, Boston, or Philadephia. No matter. If you get this Brahms Symphonies set, you will be perfectly happy to discover how much good music was being made outside of big cities on the East coast USA. As Utah grew and matured, the orchestral departments came into wholesome musical balance, thus moving the orchestra from just being regional, to being more than that. If the bane of a struggling regional band is under-weight string sound, Utah finally surpassed this limitation; not to mention the surprising sophistication of some wind and brass playing. In this set, Utah and Abravanel show enough genius to teach us, again, that music is more than just polished sound. It is also heart, it is also soul. In all four symphonies, the music making is wholesome, solid, and expert without being flashy or needing recourse to eccentricities. Abravanel consistently adopts the most musical and sensible tempos, not always an easy path to find through the Brahmsian woods and meadows. A classic poise infects all. You are reminded how Brahms himself straddled various polemical and technical divides in the musical culture of his era. He was at once conservative (as the spiteful Hanslick truly argued), and pioneering (as the notorious Schoenberg argued). Now the Utah Symphony is not Philadelphia. So in the first symphony you will get a full serving of Brahmsian strength, but presented in a leaner, rather than a fatter, sounding orchestra. This may actually be to the better for Brahms. Charles Mackerras and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra have brilliantly demonstrated how a leaner orchestral balance does much to disprove all the old criticisms that Brahms always orchestrated in a thick, muddy texture. Though larger-sounding than the Mackerras set, Abravanel and Utah tilt more in that revisionist direction. Horn and woodwind solos are excellently played, and just ask any musician, if you are doing these solo bits, you feel very exposed for the moment. Silverline Classics is remastering these gems in 24-bit, high resolution sound. Their DVD releases will eventually include the Brahms, as well as the Sibelius, ... maybe even the Mahler ... symphonies that were recorded. So far, these DVD versions are the top of the pick. Play the CD versions if you only have CD. Seek out the DVD versions if you have either movie DVD or DVD audio capabilities. The increase in sound via 24-bits of multichannel audio will only serve to recreate the sheer musical genius of these heartfelt and committed performances, all that much more. Five stars, indeed. But look for the DVD audio/DVD versions if at all possible.
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