Brahms Symphony No 2; Schumann Julius Caesar Overture
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Composer or Director: Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 4/1989
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 55
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: CHAN8649

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Symphony No. 2 |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer London Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor |
Julius Cäsar |
Robert Schumann, Composer
London Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor Robert Schumann, Composer |
Composer or Director: Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 4/1989
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: ABRD1335

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Symphony No. 2 |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer London Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor |
Julius Cäsar |
Robert Schumann, Composer
London Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor Robert Schumann, Composer |
Composer or Director: Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 4/1989
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: ABTD1335

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Symphony No. 2 |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer London Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor |
Julius Cäsar |
Robert Schumann, Composer
London Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor Robert Schumann, Composer |
Author:
How different is Gunter Wand's performance of the symphony on EMI. His is a rather old-fashionedly romantic approach, with generous phrasing, golden warmth and lyricism, and a luminous quality in the orchestral texture. But there is still a clear sense of shape and line in his use of phrase, and particularly in the first movement a feeling of cumulative growth and an eye for the need to preserve a sense of structure. Only in the last movement is there perhaps a slight lack of energy. Wand receives a good, average recording. Karajan's mid-price EMI disc dates from 1955, but the sound is astonishingly fine. His performance is more objective than that of Wand, well-paced and shaped, with broad, flowing lines and a certain restrained lyricism. And he offers too a very good account of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony.
Wand's disc has no fill-up, but if price is not a factor then his performance is still the best available.'
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