Brahms: Symphony No. 3

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…urgent, magnificently angry… This is Gardiner at his penetrating, combative best, making contact with the music's heartbeat in a way that sounds both radical and natural… — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Sep 2009
Catalogue No: SDG704
Label: SDG
Series: Brahms Symphonies
Length: 70 minutes

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Brahms: Lieder (5) für Männerchor, Op. 41

Work length4:22

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Monteverdi Choir, male section
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

No. 1, Ich schwing mein Horn ins Jammertal

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Brahms: 4 Gesänge, Op. 17 (text by F. Ruperti)

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Monteverdi Choir, female section, Anneke Scott, Nuala Hebert and John Eliot Gardiner, Anneke Scott, Nuala Hebert
Monteverdi Choir, female section
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

4 Gesänge, Op. 17: No. 1, Es tont ein voller Harfenklang

Track length3:14

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Excerpt, Brahms: Fünf Gesänge, Op 104

Work length3:04

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Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

No. 1, Nachtwache I

Track length3:04

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Brahms: 13 Canons, Op. 113 (Ruckert settings only)

Work length2:41

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Monteverdi Choir, female section
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

13 Canons, Op. 113: No. 13, Einformig ist der Liebe Gram

Track length2:41

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Brahms: Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates), Op. 89

Work length11:17

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Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

Work length33:36

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Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

I. Allegro con brio - Un poco sostenuto

Track length11:32

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II. Andante

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III. Poco allegretto

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IV. Allegro - Un poco sostenuto

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Brahms: Nänie von Friedrich Schiller, für Chor und Orchester, Op. 82

Work length12:04

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Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Nanie, Op. 82

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Favourites, Johannes Brahms - Orchestral & Choral Works

James surveys recordings of orchestral and choral works by Brahms, and selects some of his favourites.

Recording locations: Recorded live at the Salle Pleyel, Paris and Royal Festival Hall, London.

Soli Deo Gloria is proud to release the third instalment in the successful Brahms Symphony series which sees John Eliot Gardiner and his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique explore the music of Johannes Brahms.

The choral pieces on this release demonstrate beautifully the extent to which choral thinking permeates Brahms’ orchestral writing. Gardiner states that ‘just as there is choral thinking evident in his symphonies, surely there are also signs of orchestral thinking embedded within his choral writing.’ Both Nänie and Gesang der Parzen show fascinating links with Brahms’ last two symphonies Parzen sharing with the Third not just an adjacent opus number but an immensely powerful orchestral opening, with passing references to ‘early music’ styles next to passages of the most advanced harmony.

Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram, an irresistible little piece written for women’s voices, sees Brahms take the final song from Schubert’s Winterreise and turn it into a haunting six-part canon. Another example of Brahms forging links with a revered predecessor.

Written nearly six years after Brahms completed his Second Symphony, his third symphony was described by Hans Richter on its premiere as Brahms’ ‘Erioica’. A friend of Brahms and music critic at the time, Eduard Hanslick, wrote: “Many music lovers will prefer the titanic force of the First Symphony; others, the untroubled charm of the Second, but the Third strikes me as being artistically the most nearly perfect”

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November 2009

…urgent, magnificently angry… This is Gardiner at his penetrating, combative best, making contact with the music's heartbeat in a way that sounds both radical and natural…

9th September 2009

Throughout, there’s the satisfying phrasing that Gardiner excels in, with melodic lines and their accompaniments shifting and undulating to a satisfying degree...Riveting, enlightening and enjoyable in equal measure.

CD Review

This period instrument interpretation for Brahms 3 will be a surprise to many. Once you’ve adjusted though, the enjoyment to be gained from this superbly performed disc (…) is enormous

It’s hard to under-emphasise the lift Gardiner’s historically informed performance has given to Brahms’s Third Symphony

November 2009

Taking up more than half the disc, the choral items are its obvious glory… Gardiner sets his face against anything that could be construed as false consolation. In his element in Song of the Fates, he gives the sublime Nänie an unusually taut, sharp-edged feel.

November 2014

This recording with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique under John Eliot Gardiner is one of the most urgent readings of this symphony I can recall, especially in the outer movements, and it certainly makes for a tremendously exciting performance, with some thrilling horn playing in particular.

A must-have disc for Brahmsians

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Favourites, Johannes Brahms - Orchestral & Choral Works

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