Utwory na płycie:

• Tk. 1 - Brahms - Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 'Double Concerto' - Allegro
• Tk. 2 - Brahms - Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 'Double Concerto' - Andante
• Tk. 3 - Brahms - Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 'Double Concerto' - Vivace non troppo
• Tk. 4 - Brahms - Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 - Allegro non troppo
• Tk. 5 - Brahms - Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 - Adagio non troppo
• Tk. 6 - Brahms - Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 - Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino)
• Tk. 7 - Brahms - Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 - Allegro con spirito

After struggling to complete his first symphony, Brahms composed his Symphony No 2 with ease and the work overflows with a relaxed, pastoral beauty. His Double Concerto is laced with a fiery gypsy passion and pitches violin and cello against orchestra.

This release is Bernard Haitink's first on the LSO Live label and marks the start of a complete Brahms Symphony cycle, music in which Haitink excels. Gordan Nikolitch and Tim Hugh, the LSO's Leader and Principal Cellist respectively and accomplished soloists in their own right, step out from the orchestra for the Double Concerto.

Reviews:

Editor's Choice Gramophone

CD of the Week Classic FM

'a classic recording' The Independent

'the finale heaves with manic elation ... The Double Concerto is equally intense. [Gordan Nikolitch and Tim Hugh] are infintely expressive, never showily flamboyant. They are very much the equal of starrier pairings who have recorded the work before' The Times

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James Mallinson producer; Jonathan Stokes for Classic Sound Ltd balance engineer; ; Recorded live at the Barbican on 17 and 18 May 2003; A high density DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recording