CLASSIC AL A UDI O JOHANNES BRAHMS GIELEN EDITION VOL. 3 SWR19022CD | 747313902286 5 CD | SRP: US $34.99 CA $41.99 COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms ARTIST: SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg • Mark Kaplan (violin) • WDR Rundfunkchor Köln • David Geringas (cello) • Gerhard Oppitz • Gerhard Oppitz (piano) • Mark Kaplan • WDR Rundfunkchor Köln • David Geringas • Michael Gielen (conductor) TRACK LIST: Disc 1 Tragic Overture in D Minor, Op. 81 Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 Disc 2 Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 73 Variations on a Theme of Haydn for Orchestra, Op. 56a Disc 3 Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 Disc 4 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 Schicksaslied for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 54 Disc 5 Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 201 Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 • This third volume of our Michael Gielen Edition is devoted to music by Johannes Brahms, with all the recordigns taken from the archives of the Southwest German Radio. These recordings were made between April 1989 and January 2005. • Michael Gielen enjoyed a felicitous involvement with Brahms’ chamber music, particularly the late piano works where, in Schoenberg’s words, the “progressive Brahms” is most evident. Maybe that’s why Brahms’ first piano quartet, orchestrated by Arnold Shcoenberg, sounds so ravishingly sharp under Gielen’s direction. • The solemnity of Schicksaslied calls for sincere commitment on the part of the conductor. Working as one, the Symphony Orchestra of Baden-Baden and Freiburg and Michael Gielen achieve an interpretation of this work that is both balanced and comforting. DISTRIBUTED BY RELEASE DATE: 10/14/16 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE 103