Brahms Symphony 4 - Carlos Kleiber / VPO (audio)

Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (Carlos Kleiber/Vienna Philharmonic)
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Work: Symphonie Nr. 4 e-moll, op. 98
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Carlos Kleiber
Location: Vienna, Musikvereinssaal
Date: 12 and 15 March 1980


Here's the award-winning 1980 recording of Brahms' last symphony, with Carlos Kleiber conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Kleiber opts for a lean, austere sound, which is greatly structured and highly energetic. It's a cliche, but once you start listening, nothing can distract you from following it all the way to the end. His tempi are fast, and the dramatic climaxes - the coda of the first movement, for instance - are punched home with the greatest vehemence. The final passacaglia movement is simply sensational: Brahms marks it "allegro energico e passionato", and that's exactly what it comes as. Kleiber's grasp of the architecture ensures a tremendously powerful impact.

Brahms began working on the piece in 1884, just a year after completing his Symphony No. 3, and completed it in 1885. The work was given its premiere in Meiningen on October 25, 1885 with Brahms himself conducting.

Movements:
1: Allegro non troppo (E minor)
2: Andante moderato (E minor/E major)
3: Allegro giocoso (C major [might also be interpreted as E phrygian])
4: movement: Allegro energico e passionato (E minor)


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[123violoniste]

12:55 - 2nd mvmt

24:18 - 3rd mvmt

30:28 - 4th mvmt

[riddlergirl77]

dont worry we will find him..........

[tim71pos]

Deutsche Gramaphone: one of the three tops of the vinyl era, the other two being Philips and Telefunken. They manage to keep the voices of all the sections distinct. Great sound.

[MartinaFromPoland]

I love the 4th movement.

[JOHN SWINDLE]

Certainly, this is wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

[gian paolo Puglisi]

A wonferful rendition !

Thanks a lot

[Woodey0]

Such a delicate beginning... Love it! Kleiber was so special...

[grafplaten]

hääääääh?

[Eduard Hanslick]

Since its first performance in Meiningen, this symphony has enjoyed a series of triumphs. Everyone who had read the enthusiastic reports from Frankfurt, Cologne, and Elberfeld, and even those who had not, expected something great and unique. What symphony of the last thirty or forty years is even remotely comparable with those of Brahms?………

[pmlouisjuste]

Fantastic last movement, so powerful! Incredible music.

[bukhavul]

superb! jesus composed this one on the cross, in just one second! :)))