Symphony No. 1 - Johannes Brahms
Information about Symphony No. 1 by Johannes Brahms, and the best recordings available on CD or for download.
The work was written in 1862-76, and is in the key of C minor. It consists of four movements lasting a total of approximately 50 minutes.
RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS
Dausgaard (BIS BIS-1756)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard, 2012.
BIS BIS-1756
Jansons (BR Klassik 900112)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducted by Mariss Jansons, 2007, 2012.
BR Klassik 900112
Coupled with Symphony No. 4
Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG702)
A brilliant interpretation of Brahms's first with a period orchestra, and winner of a 2009 BBC Music Magazine award.
Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
Soli Deo Gloria SDG702
Levine (RCA Victor Red Seal 88697686042)
Outstanding recordings and performances from the 1970s and 1980s remastered for CD.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Levine.
RCA Victor Red Seal 88697686042
Coupled with Symphonies Nos. 2 - 4
Rattle (EMI Classics 2 267 254-2)
Great performances of the four Brahms symphonies on three CDs.
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
EMI Classics 2 267 254-2
Coupled with Symphonies Nos. 2 - 4