Brahms: Academic Festival Overture; Symphony No. 1; Variations

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture; Symphony No. 1; Variations on a Theme by Haydn (RCA Victor Basic 100, Vol. 18)

RCA has given us this First Sym., which is recorded with dramatic up-closeness. The impact of the sound boosts the excitement of an already propulsive, heart-on-sleeve reading. Only in the knife-edge finale does the sound become too brash. By contrast, the opening Academic Festival Over. from the well-meaning but somnolent Slatkin is totally forgetable, as is the other filler, Ormandy's proficient, beautifully played Haydn Variations, made in his drowsy autumnal switch from Columbia to RCA.
Country USA
AudienceRating NR (Not Rated)
Binding Audio CD
EAN 0090266171521
Label RCA
Manufacturer RCA
NumberOfDiscs 1
NumberOfItems 1
Publisher RCA
ReleaseDate 1993-08-10
Studio RCA

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture; Symphony No. 1; Variations on a Theme by Haydn (RCA Victor Basic 100, Vol. 18)