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Bernard Haitink conducts Brahms' Double Concerto in a broad, big-boned manner, slightly slower than his later remake for EMI, but no less vital. He is keenly attuned to the dizzy euphoria and searing passion of this work, a surprisingly virile product of Brahms' last years. Cellist Janos Starker has the measure of his massive part, and...projects mastery and imagination throughout. Henryk Szeryng's solo violin emits a lean, taut tone, but he manages to produce some wonderfully delicate sounds during passages of repose, especially in the slow movement. The Concertgebouw Orchestra produces a full, lush Brahmsian sound....

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Works on This Recording
1. Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:  Wolfgang Sawallisch
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1855-1876; Austria 
2. Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:  Wolfgang Sawallisch
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883; Austria 
3. Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:  Wolfgang Sawallisch
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; Austria 
4. Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:  Wolfgang Sawallisch
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1884-1885; Austria 
5. Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Claudio Arrau (Piano)
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1854-1858; Germany 
6. Variations in B flat major on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56a "St. Anthony" by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873; Austria 
7. Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Claudio Arrau (Piano)
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878-1881; Austria 
8. Tragic Overture, Op. 81 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; Austria 
9. Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; Austria 
10. Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double" by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  János Starker (Cello), Henryk Szeryng (Violin)
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Austria 
11. Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Henryk Szeryng (Violin)
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878; Austria