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Germanys foremost conductor of German Romantic repertoire conducts his legendary Dresdner Staatskapelle in a complete cycle of Brahms symphonies

Recorded live through the 2012-13 season, this set presents the most coherent rendering of Thielemanns powerful, dark, layered vision of Brahms

A counter-weight to the lighter, revisionist Chailly cycle on Decca, Thielemanns version is rooted in the great German Romantic tradition tragic and elegiac emotion with an epic sense of musical architecture

Content of the DVD:
Thielemann and Pollinis performance of the ECHO award winning recording of Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 & Piano Concerto No. 2

Christian Thielemanns and Lisa Batiashvillis performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto

The symphonic set is completed with a pair of favourite Brahms overtures

CD 1 59:33
SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN C MINOR OP. 68
CD 2 56:16
SYMPHONY NO. 2 IN D MAJOR OP. 73
CD 3 78:41
SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN F MAJOR OP. 90
SYMPHONY NO. 4 IN E MINOR OP. 98
DVD 146:54
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 IN D MINOR OP. 15
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 IN B FLAT MAJOR OP. 83
VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR OP. 77