A fine album in its own right, but a real find at the budget price, this 2004 reissue of Bernard Haitink's exceptional Brahms performances with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is one of the most satisfying offerings in the Universal Classics line. In the 1972 performance of Brahms' Symphony No. 4 in E minor, the playing is bold, muscular, and exciting, and Haitink builds great momentum with his movendo pacing. From the opening measures of the Allegro non troppo to the closing bars of the finale's monumental passacaglia, ...
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A fine album in its own right, but a real find at the budget price, this 2004 reissue of Bernard Haitink's exceptional Brahms performances with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is one of the most satisfying offerings in the Universal Classics line. In the 1972 performance of Brahms' Symphony No. 4 in E minor, the playing is bold, muscular, and exciting, and Haitink builds great momentum with his movendo pacing. From the opening measures of the Allegro non troppo to the closing bars of the finale's monumental passacaglia, Haitink keeps the work's trajectory clearly in mind and never lets the tension flag. The Variations on a Theme by Haydn is a fine complement to the symphony, relaxed and genial in contrast to the previous work's dynamic thrust and seriousness. The brass and woodwinds are especially warm here, and the Royal Concertgebouw as a whole is wonderful in the glorious perorations of the final variation. Haitink's performances of three Hungarian Dances fill out the album, perhaps superfluously...
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Add this copy of Sym 4 E Min / Haydn Variations / Hungarian Dances to cart. $26.57, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2004 by Universal Classics: 028947621577.
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