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)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, 2011.
Oehms Classics OC 410
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. 1 - 3
Jansons (BR Klassik 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)
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
Kleiber (Deutsche Grammophon 457 706-2)
Vienna Philharmonic Chorus, conducted by Carlos Kleiber, 1981.
Deutsche Grammophon 457 706-2 (mono)