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Bernstein Century - Brahms: Symphonies no 2 & 3 / NYPO (CD)

By: Leonard Bernstein (Conductor) and New York Philharmonic (Ensemble)
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Sony's series of reissues entitled the 'Bernstein Century' is restoring to circulation many of the composer/conductor's earlier performances in dramatically improved sound. The Brahms Second Symphony is a live recording from the opening of what was Avery Fisher Hall--then known as Philharmonic Hall--in 1962, while the Third is a studio recording from a few years later. Bernstein's Brahms was always marked by a certain expressive flexibility with tempos adjusted freely to make rhetorical points. Here both symphonies are performed with considerable expressive freedom but the results are both lighter and fresher than the conductor's remakes with the Vienna Philharmonic. Those Vienna performances have the weight associated with Toscanini's performances of Brahms and also include the long exposition repeats omitted here.

The most noticeable difference in terms of presentation is the greatly improved sound. It remains a touch opaque but is infinitely smoother and richer than the congested, shrill sound that emerged from the Columbia LP's. These are fully representative examples of both Brahms and Bernstein's art at highly affordable prices.

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Fanfare (1-2/00, pp.217-218) - "These are superb performances, well remastered, showing excellent playing by the New York Philharmonic....these fine performances deserve to be heard, showing the healthy vitality and often surprisingly excellent results that Bernstein could achieve in music of Brahms."

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