Brahms: Complete Symphonies & Serenades (5CD)

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                43’10

Symphony No.1 in C minor Op.68

1 I. Un poco sostenuto – Allegro – Meno allegro                                                                                                         12’35

2 II. Andante sostenuto                                                                                                                                                 8’33

3 III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso                                                                                                                               4’47

4 IV. Adagio – Più andante – Allegro non troppo ma con brio – Più allegro                                                                17’13

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                46’04

Symphony No.2 in D Op.73

1 I. Allegro non troppo                                                                                                                                                  20’57

2 II. Adagio non troppo                                                                                                                                                 9’45

3 III. Allegretto grazioso                                                                                                                                                5’24

4 IV. Allegro con spirito                                                                                                                                                 9’36

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                72’22

Symphony No.3 in F Op.90

1. I. Allegro con brio – un poco sostenuto – Tempo I 9’54
2. II. Andante 8’26
3. III. Poco allegretto 6’00
4. IV. Allegro – un poco sostenuto 8’57

Symphony No.4 in E minor Op.98

5. I. Allegro non troppo 12’36
6. II. Andante moderato 10’43
7. III. Allegro giocoso 6’06
8. IV. Allegro energico e passionato – Più allegro 9’28

CD4                                                                                                                                                                                52’16

Serenade No.1 in D Op.11

1 I. Allegro molto                                                                                                                                                           14’04

2 II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo                                                                                                                                  8’14

3 III. Adagio non troppo                                                                                                                                                16’50

4 IV. Menuetto I & II                                                                                                                                                      3’25

5 V. Scherzo: Allegro                                                                                                                                                     3’03

6 VI. Rondo: Allegro  6’26

Dresdner Philharmonie

Heinz Bongartzconductor

CD5                                                                                                                                                                                64’44

1 Tragic Overture Op.81                                                                                                                                               13’13

Variations on a theme by Haydn Op.56a

‘St Anthony Variations’

orchestral version

2 Theme: St Anthony Chorale (Andante)                                                                                                                      2’08

3 Variation 1: Poco più animato                                                                                                                                    1’15

4 Variation 2: Più vivace                                                                                                                                                0’57

5 Variation 3: Con moto                                                                                                                                                1’58

6 Variation 4: Andante con moto                                                                                                                                  2’10

7 Variation 5: Vivace                                                                                                                                                     0’53

8 Variation 6: Vivace                                                                                                                                                     1’22

9 Variation 7: Grazioso                                                                                                                                                  3’21

10 Variation 8: Presto non troppo                                                                                                                                0’56

11 Finale: Andante                                                                                                                                                        4’02

Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester

Günter Herbig conductor

Serenade No.2 in A Op.16

12 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                  9’06

13 II. Scherzo: Vivace                                                                                                                                                     2’47

14 III. Adagio non troppo                                                                                                                                              7’29

15 IV. Quasi menuetto                                                                                                                                                  5’50

16 V. Rondo: Allegro                                                                                                                                                     6’49

Dresdner Philharmonie

Heinz Bongartz conductor

Recording: April 1999, MCO Studio Hilversum (Symphony 2); June-August 2002, Beurs van Berlage,

Amsterdam (Symphonies 1, 3 & 4), The Netherlands