AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Hungarian Dances.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Hungarian Dances. Marin Alsop, London Philharmonic Orchestra. Naxos 8.557429.
You know it must be an important disc when a budget label like Naxos provides the jewel box with its own slipcover. You also know something's up when you get a half a dozen press releases on the subject. Thus, it was with raised expectations that I sat down to listen to conductor Marin Alsop's rendering of Brahms's Symphony No. 2.
I'm not sure I should have gotten my hopes up quite so high because the performance turns out to be nice but not spectacular. I have never been an avid Brahmsian, but I have always rather enjoyed his Second Symphony, with its pastoral moods and generally cheerful outlook. It provides a pleasant contrast to the darker, grander tones of the First Symphony. Not that the Symphony No. 2 is all sweetness and light, it does have its momentary elements of gloom, but it mostly begins and ends ...
- Brahms: Symphony 2; 8 Hungarian Dances.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide McKelvey March 1, 2006 700+ words
BRAHMS: Symphony 2; 8 Hungarian Dances London Philharmonic...of Alsop's Brahms Symphony 1 with the LPO. It...expectations, I found Symphony 2 to be much better...shelf with them. The Hungarian Dances exhibit much the same...
- Dvorak: Carnival Overture; Symphony 9; Nocturne; Brahms: Hungarian Dances...
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Radcliffe March 1, 2005 700+ words
...Carnival Overture; Symphony 9; Nocturne; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances 5+6 Halle Orchestra...1927 New World Symphony is likewise brisk...interpreter of the symphony Harty lacks the...tame stuff. The Hungarian Dances recorded by Harty...
- BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide VROON, DONALD R. March 1, 2000 700+ words
...versions have more of the gypsy band in a Budapest restaurant--but Brahms was writing for a symphony orchestra. (Who plays them now at symphony concerts? But they should be played!) The Hungaroton is also much better in 5,6, and 7...
- Brahms: Hungarian Dances. (Guide to Records).
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Beversluis, John September 1, 2002 700+ words
...Carolina-Coastal Carolina College; she is artist-in-residence at Morningside College. Pianistically speaking, the Hungarian Dances are tough nuts to crack. In the right hands, they are charmers whose lilting rhythms and bittersweet melodies can utterly...
- Brahms: Hungarian Dances; Waltzes. (Guide to Records).
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Mulbury, David May 1, 2002 700+ words
...vice-versa in these pieces. The reservations that I have are not major ones. The Duo's approach to the string of 21 Hungarian Dances tends not to be very differentiated from one to the next. Then there is the presence of a too-frequent rolling bass...
- Brahms: Hungarian Dances (complete). Mario Rossi, Vienna State Opera Orchestra....
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John November 1, 1998 700+ words
Brahms: Hungarian Dances (complete). Mario Rossi, Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Omega Classics OCD 1023. Up close, crystal-clear, 1955 monaural...
- BRAHMS: Ballades, op 10; Fantasies, op 116; Hungarian Dances 1-10.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide LINKOWSKI, ALLEN November 1, 2000 700+ words
...combined with her intense advocacy, add up to a stimulating listening experience. Brahms arranged the first ten of his 21 Hungarian Dances (originally for piano four hands) for solo piano. They are brilliant and technically challenging; Ms Penneys's vibrant...
- Brahms: Piano Concerto 2; Ballades 1+2; Waltzes, op 39; Hungarian Dances 6+7.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide McKelvey January 1, 2005 700+ words
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto 2; Ballades 1+2; Waltzes, op 39; Hungarian Dances 6+7 Wilhelm Backhaus; Staatskapelle Dresden/ Karl Bohm Naxos 110766--72 minutes Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969) was born...
- Brahms: Variations on an Original Theme; Paganini Variations; 16 Waltzes; 2...
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Mulbury May 1, 2004 700+ words
BRAHMS: Variations on an Original Theme; Paganini Variations; 16 Waltzes; 2 Rhapsodies, op 79; 2 Hungarian Dances; Scherzo in E-flat minor; 19 other pieces Wilhelm Backhaus, p Music & Arts 1132 [2CD] 130 minutes Titled The Celebrated...
- Seattle Youth Symphony Concert Previews International Tour and Highlights...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 7, 2000 700+ words
...The Brahms' Hungarian Dances to be played at the Seattle Youth Symphony Classical Orchestra...exposure. The Youth Symphony has graduates in many professional symphonies around the world, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston...
Source: HighBeam Research, Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Hungarian Dances.(Sound recording...