BRAHMS Serenades 1 and 2 • Overtures • Haydn Variations (2CD)

CD1
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 Bongartz
 
Total time 52’14
 
CD2
1 Academic Festival Overture Op.80 10’40
 
2 Tragic Overture Op.81 13’15
 
Variations on a theme by Haydn Op.56a ‘St Anthony Variations’
orchestral version
3 Theme: St Anthony Chorale (Andante) 2’08
4 Variation 1: Poco più animato 1’15
5 Variation 2: Più vivace 0’57
6 Variation 3: Con moto 1’58
7 Variation 4: Andante con moto 2’10
8 Variation 5: Vivace 0’53
9 Variation 6: Vivace 1’22
10 Variation 7: Grazioso 3’21
11 Variation 8: Presto non troppo 0’56
12 Finale: Andante 4’02
 
Serenade No.2 in A Op.16
13 I. Allegro moderato 9’06
14 II. Scherzo: Vivace 2’47
15 III. Adagio non troppo 7’29
16 IV. Quasi menuetto 5’50
17 V. Rondo: Allegro 6’49
 
London Symphony Orchestra (1)
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1)
Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester (2–12)
Günter Herbig (2–12)
Dresdner Philharmonie (13–17)
Heinz Bongartz (13–17)
 
Total time 75’29