Riccardo Chailly, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig - Johannes Brahms : The Symphonies (2013) (Hi-Res) FLAC/MP3

Following the 2011 landmark Beethoven cycle, Riccardo Chailly returns with a recording of the complete Brahms symphonies and orchestral works including the overtures and Haydn Variations.

Rarities include world premiere recordings of two piano intermezzi orchestrated by Paul Klengel (brother of the Gewandhaus long-standing principal cellist Julius Klengel); the 9 Liebeslieder waltzes; the original first performance version of the Andante of Symphony No. 1 and the even rarer revised opening of the Fourth Symphony.

Chailly has radically rethought his approach to these works, re-examining the scores and returning to the recorded interpretations of a generation of conductors alive during Brahms lifetime, principally Felix Weingartner and one of his Gewandhaus predecessors Bruno Walter.

Chaillys Brahms is highly regarded by leading critics Chailly has worked well to create a style of interpretation which mixes the orchestras 250-year-old tradition with thoroughly modern, historically informed performance practice. This made for no-nonsense, unstuffy, youthful Brahms. Musical Criticism 2007

The Daily Telegraph reviewing his Proms performance of the Fourth Symphony wrote Chailly is not a conductor to linger unnecessarily, and he injected the first movement with an uncommon surge and passion…the finales fusion of structural grandeur and instrumental detail was conveyed with a masterly sense of direction and purpose.

CD 01 (8 / 1:18:16)
[15:27] 1. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro - Meno allegro
[8:22] 2. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - II. Andante sostenuto
[4:25] 3. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
[15:41] 4. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - IV. Adagio - Piu andante - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio - Piu allegro
[11:44] 5. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - I. Allegro con brio - Un poco sostenuto - Tempo I
[8:17] 6. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - II. Andante
[6:07] 7. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - III. Poco allegretto
[8:16] 8. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - IV. Allegro

CD 02 (9 / 1:18:59)
[17:49] 1. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - I. Allegro non troppo
[8:27] 2. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - II. Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso
[5:07] 3. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - III. Allegretto grazioso. Quasi andantino - Presto ma non assai
[8:53] 4. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - IV. Allegro con spirito
[11:57] 5. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - I. Allegro non troppo
[10:43] 6. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - II. Andante moderato
[5:55] 7. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto - Tempo I
[9:24] 8. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Più allegro
[0:47] 9. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - I. Alternative Opening

CD 03 (27 / 1:16:47)
[12:46] 1. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
[4:42] 2. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - No. 4, Intermezzo in E Major (Arr. Paul Klengel)
[4:50] 3. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - No. 1, Intermezzo in E-Flat Major (Arr. Paul Klengel)
[1:55] 4. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Theme. Chorale St. Antoni
[1:15] 5. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Var. I. Poco più animato
[0:54] 6. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Var. II. Più vivace
[1:40] 7. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Var. III. Con moto
[1:56] 8. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Var. IV. Andante con moto
[0:51] 9. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Var. V. Vivace
[1:06] 10. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Var. VI. Vivace
[2:32] 11. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Var. VII. Grazioso
[1:00] 12. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Var. VIII. Presto non troppo
[3:46] 13. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Finale. Andante
[1:12] 14. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - No. 1 (Orchestral Version)
[0:44] 15. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - No. 2 (Orchestral Version)
[0:43] 16. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - No. 4 (Orchestral Version)
[2:41] 17. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - No. 6 (Orchestral Version)
[1:43] 18. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - No. 5 (Orchestral Version)
[1:26] 19. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - No. 9 (Orchestral Version)
[0:53] 20. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - No. 11 (Orchestral Version)
[1:27] 21. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - No. 8 (Orchestral Version)
[2:15] 22. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - No. 9 (Orchestral Version)
[8:23] 23. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - I. Andante (Original First Performance Version)
[9:24] 24. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
[2:54] 25. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in C Minor
[2:10] 26. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F Major
[1:54] 27. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig - Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 10 in F Major