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Brahms: The Symphonies

Brahms: The Symphonies

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 5, 1980

Runtime

2h 41m

Genres

Music

User Score

90%

Original Title

Brahms: The Symphonies

Production Companies

Deutsche Grammophon

Director

Herbert von Karajan

Description

Karajan conducts these symphonies with eyes closed, often intently enraptured by the music, smiling occasionally when a passage or solo sounds just right to his ear. He conducts Brahms with a greater sense of urgency than does Bernstein: the First symphony is 11 minutes shorter as conducted by Karajan! Nothing is rushed but there is what can only be described as emotional compression, an intensity of expression that sounds quicker than Bernstein's performances.