In this live performance from Amsterdam, John Eliot Gardiner leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra In this live performance from Amsterdam, John Eliot Gardiner leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the first movement of Brahms’s Symphony No. 4. A piece rich in allusions to Beethoven and Bach, the Allegro non troppo sets the tone for what would become one of Brahms’s most profound works.
This excerpt is part of Gardiner’s new symphonic cycle with the Concertgebouw, recorded between 2021 and 2023 and now released by Deutsche Grammophon. Nearly two decades after his acclaimed period-instrument recordings, Gardiner returns to Brahms with fresh perspective and the full sonority of a modern orchestra.
🎧 Brahms: The Symphonies – John Eliot Gardiner (DG Album)
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