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Symphony No. 4 - Johannes Brahms

Information about Symphony No. 4 by Johannes Brahms, and the best recordings available on CD or for download.

The work was written in 1884-85, and is in the key of E minor. It consists of four movements lasting a total of approximately 40 minutes.

RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS

Skrowaczewski (Oehms Classics OC 410)

OC 410

Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, 2011.

Oehms Classics OC 410

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Levine (RCA Victor Red Seal 88697686042)

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. 1 - 3

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Jansons (BR Klassik 900112)

900112

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducted by Mariss Jansons, 2007, 2012.

BR Klassik 900112

Coupled with Symphony No. 1


Rattle (EMI Classics 2 267 254-2)

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. 1 - 3

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Kleiber (Deutsche Grammophon 457 706-2)

457 706-2

Vienna Philharmonic Chorus, conducted by Carlos Kleiber, 1981.

Deutsche Grammophon 457 706-2 (mono)