Klemperer conducts Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 (6/6)

Part 6:

Johannes Brahms:
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68
IV. Adagio Allegro non troppo, ma con brio

Conductor: Otto Klemperer
Philharmonia Orchestra
Rec. 1958

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[billyguns2]

Klemperer and the Philharmonia were an unbeatable combination; they always played their hearts out for him, and in the 1950s and early 1960s they were one of a handful of the world's greatest orchestras. Toscanini is reputed to have told Walter Legge that if he were younger he would have wanted to re-record everything he did with the Philharmonia.

[Sinfoniette]

Never heard about that, but very believable. I can't think of a single rendition of Klemperer that is worse than Toscanini's. They were two great maestros.

[Nachtmarchen]

The greatest performance of the finale to me, everyone else feels a bit clipped compared to Klemperer - the contrapuntal tension is unmatched, every note knows where it comes from and where it's supposed to go, not voice runs into nothingness as in so many other performances. A timeless performance, as timeless as Brahms' music.

[Opoczynski]

The best! The French horn crescendos in the slow introduction are unmatched. Great timpani whacks at the beginning. Wonderful ensemble and control. Moderate tempo brings out every detail.

[Leonardo0691]

Bravo!

[UlfenDaddy]

@Nachtmarchen Klemperer was Klemperer; sometimes a bit ponderous, but always phrased and articulate. Perhaps too slow and heavy in the lower registers, but always clear and crisp where clarity is wonted. And nobody, Nobody, could keep strings ON PITCH in ultra-high register like Dr Klemperer. There are readings he'd done I don't care for all that much, but it's always obvious what his intention is in bringing out the facets he wants. His Brahms and Beethoven though are Definitive.

[ZhengStudios]

I wrote a piece for orchestra without ever having heard this symphony. And somehow my main theme turns out to be exactly like this one? Oh brahms...

[strukhoff]

@Sinfoniette Amazing to think that Toscanini was 30 years old when Brahms died, yet he lived into the modern age. How I would love to be able to chat with him a bit--if one could "chat" with Toscanini--about Brahms and what he remembers of him.

[Chaliamusiclover]

Johann Strauss looks like Mark Twain.

[Chaliamusiclover]

@changjiang001 Yes you got it right. I get all the Strauss confuse.=)

[changjiang001]

@Chaliamusiclover It's Johann Strauss Jr.

[Chaliamusiclover]

Never mind. It is Richard Strauss and Brahms in picture.

[Chaliamusiclover]

Never mind. It is Richard Strauss and Brahms.

[Chaliamusiclover]

Never mind. It is Richard Strauss.