Symphony No 4 (with Schoenberg - Variations Op 31)

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Symphony No 4 (with Schoenberg - Variations Op 31)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano

[ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD ]

Release Date: Sunday 1 February 2015

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A little over 40 years separate Brahms's Fourth Symphony from Schoenberg's Variations Op.31: little enough for two sound-worlds so radically divergent. Yet a certain conscious classicism in the handling of variation forms (the chaconne in Brahms, balanced serialism in Schoenberg) and a common affiliation - to Bach - link these masterpieces of Romanticism and dodecaphony.

"Nagano delivers an overwhelming and superbly articulated account of the Schoenberg. His Brahms is beautifully played, but lacks the last ounce of passion, especially in the outer movements." BBC Music Magazine, March 2015 ****