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“Thielemann and his crew made this driving version [of the 4th Symphony] cohere and even gave one of the most convincing, well-delineated, Andante moderato movements imaginable.” (Chicago Sun-Times)

Germany’s foremost conductor of German Romantic repertoire conducts his legendary Dresdner Staatskapelle in a complete cycle of Brahms symphonies

Recorded live through the 2012-13 season, this set presents the most coherent rendering of Thielemann’s powerful, dark, layered vision of Brahms.

A counter-weight to the lighter, ‘revisionist’ Chailly cycle on Decca, Thielemann’s version is rooted in the great German Romantic tradition – tragic and elegiac emotion with an epic sense of musical architecture.

Content of the DVD:

Thielemann and Pollini’s performance of the ECHO award winning recording of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1.

Piano Concerto No. 2.

Christian Thielemann’s and Lisa Batiashvilli’s performance of the Brahms’ Violin Concerto.

The symphonic set is completed with a pair of favourite Brahms overtures