Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 & Tragic Overture (Remastered) Otto Klemperer

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73:
• 1 Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: I. Allegro non troppo 15:01
• 2 Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: II. Adagio non troppo 09:18
• 3 Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: III. Allegretto grazioso. Quasi andantino - Presto ma non assai - Tempo I 05:28
• 4 Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: IV. Allegro con spirito 09:12
• Tragic Overture, Op. 81:
• 5 Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81 12:33
• Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98:
• 6 Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98: I. Allegro non troppo 12:23
• 7 Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98: II. Andante moderato 10:16
• 8 Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98: III. Allegro giocoso 06:37
• 9 Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98: IV. Allegro energico e passionato 09:47
• Total Runtime 01:30:35

Info for Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 & Tragic Overture (Remastered)

Here is the final installment of Otto Klemperer’s gripping Brahms symphonies cycle, coupled with the Tragic Overture, certainly one of the most revered historical versions in this repertoire.

Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor

Digitally remastered

Otto Klemperer
The German conductor Otto Klemperer (1885-1973) was born in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland). He studied at the Frankfurt Conservatory, then at Berlin's Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory, where he took lessons in composition and conducting from Pfitzner, making his debut in Berlin in 1906 with Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers. On Mahler's recommendation he became chorus master then conductor at Prague's German Theatre (1907-10); between 1910 and 1917 he worked at the opera houses of Hamburg, Bremen and Strasbourg; he was musical director at Cologne (1917-24), Wiesbaden (1924-27) and Berlin's Kroll Opera (1927–31), but left Nazi Germany in 1933, eventually settling in the USA, where he became conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1933-39).

After a brain tumour operation in 1939 his career faltered until he became director of the Hungarian State Opera (1947-50). In the 1950s and 60s he achieved great success, largely through his association with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and his recordings for EMI. In 1959 he was appointed the Philharmonia's 'conductor for life'. His last concert was in September 1971. Many of Klemperer's fine EMI recordings are available in the Great Recordings of the Century series.

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