Brahms - Symphony No.3, Choral Works
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Label: SDG
Cat No: SDG704
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 1st September 2009
Contents
Works
Canons (13), op.113Gesange (4), op.17
Symphony no.3 in F major, op.90
Artists
Monteverdi ChoirOrchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
Conductor
John Eliot GardinerWorks
Canons (13), op.113Gesange (4), op.17
Symphony no.3 in F major, op.90
Artists
Monteverdi ChoirOrchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
Conductor
John Eliot GardinerAbout
The choral pieces on this release demonstrate beautifully the extent to which choral thinking permeates Brahms’ orchestral writing. Gardiner states that ‘just as there is choral thinking evident in his symphonies, surely there are also signs of orchestral thinking embedded within his choral writing.’
Gesang der Parzen shows fascinating links with Brahms’ last two symphonies and shares with the Third not just an adjacent opus number but an immensely powerful orchestral opening, with passing references to ‘early music’ styles next to passages of the most advanced harmony.
Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram, an irresistible little piece written for women’s voices, sees Brahms take the final song from Schubert’s Winterreise and turn it into a haunting six-part canon - another example of Brahms forging links with a revered predecessor.
Written nearly six years after Brahms completed his Second Symphony, his Third Symphony was described by Hans Richter on its premiere as Brahms’ ‘Erioica’. A friend of Brahms and music critic at the time, Eduard Hanslick, wrote: “Many music lovers will prefer the titanic force of the First Symphony; others, the untroubled charm of the Second, but the Third strikes me as being artistically the most nearly perfect”.
Recorded live at the Salle Pleyel, Paris and Royal Festival Hall, London.
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