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Brahms: Symphony No. 1 John Eliot Gardiner CD
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  • Artist: John Eliot Gardiner
  • Year: 2008
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 843183070220
  • Item Number: NAX307022
  • Release date: 10/14/2008
  • 1. Begrabnisgesang ("Nun lasst uns den Leib"), for 5-voice chorus, winds & timpani ("Funeral Hymn"), Op. 13
  • 2. Mitten wir im Leben sind, sacred piece for chorus in C minor, Op. 23/3
  • 3. Hyperions Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) for chorus and orchestra, Op. 54
  • 4. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, 1. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
  • 5. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, 2. Andante sostenuto
  • 6. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, 3. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
  • 7. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, 4. Adagio - Piu andante - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
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Brahms: Symphony No. 1 by John Eliot Gardiner on CD


Many if not most listeners would say that period instruments and historically informed performance practice are fine in their place, but many if not most listeners would also say their place does not include repertoire from the latter years of the nineteenth century. For those listeners, this disc of John Eliot Gardiner leading the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique and the Monteverdi Choir in three works of Brahms -- the Begrabnisgesang, Schicksalslied, and C minor Symphony -- and one of Mendelssohn -- the Mitten wir im Leben sind -- will be totally unacceptable. For them, its odd colors, unusual balances, and quirky articulation will seem so utterly unlike the Brahms they know they will categorically reject these performances.That's their choice and their loss. For one thing, no one could doubt that Gardiner's musicians are wholly adept at their tasks. There's not a note wrong or a rhythm misplaced anywhere in these performances. For another, no one would argue that Gardiner and his musicians are not entirely dedicated to the music and to giving it the most powerful reading they can. The choral Begrabnisgesang, Schicksalslied, and Mitten wir im Leben sind are deeply moving and the C minor Symphony is profoundly affecting, especially in its heroic finale. True, the colors, articulation, and balances are strikingly different, with the colors more piquant, the articulation more detached, and the balances more diverse. But since most of these works and in particular the symphony are exceedingly well known and most of these changes are supported by scholarship and musicianship, it seems churlish to protest. Captured in rich, clean but atmospheric digital sound in live performances, this disc may be anathema to some, but it will be ambrosia to others. ~ James Leonard, Rovi
  • Artist: John Eliot Gardiner
  • Year: 2008
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 843183070220
  • Item Number: NAX307022
  • Release date: 10/14/2008
  • Label: SDG (Soli Deo Gloria)
  • Genre: Classical
  • Style: Choral
  • Album Time: 74:28

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  • Brahms: Symphony No. 1 John Eliot Gardiner CD
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 John Eliot Gardiner CD