Product Review

The Cleveland Orchestra is the ''aristocrat among American orchestras'' (The Telegraph) and the ensemble's music director, Franz Welser-Most, leads them with verve and precision. These three disc sets from Belvedere, feature six and a half hours of music, presenting a 'cycle' of all the major orchestral works by Johannes Brahms. Included are the complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos, the Violin Concerto, the Tragic Overture, the Academic Festival Overture and the Haydn Variations. Soloists include violinist Julia Fischer and pianist Yefim Bronfman.