Karajan conducts Brahms’s Symphonies Nos. 1–4
Brahms’s symphonies were among the cornerstones of Herbert von Karajan’s repertoire – and his compositions have also played a more important role in the work of the Berliner Philharmoniker than almost any other composer’s. So when it came to this music, the partnership between orchestra and conductor was a particularly happy one, as these 1973 recordings of all four Brahms symphonies show: performances full of passion and dark fire.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
© 1973 Unitel
Artists
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