Thread: Brahms 1 st symphonie

There was a thunderstorm not long ago. I was listening Brahms first symphonie.

There came up a rainbow, and the last shining of sun, lightened up a tree which i see outside the window of my room. Can you imagine something more wonderful, listening to the final movement of this symphonie, with the so lovely horn theme, the charming c-major theme, and the climax at the end with the rainbow in background, clearing up the sky? It was a perfect couple this rebirth of sun and the Brahms.

Yes, wonderful indeed.
U know aht I love to look at when listening to Bach's double, 2nd movement?
Trees...So relaxing.

The last movements remind me of aeroplanes zooming around. LOL

The first movement is thick with "fate" like Ludwig's 5th. The finale has classical moments rivaling Mozart and grandiloquent moments rivaling Wagner!

Eduard Hanslick on Brahms symphonies:

"What symphony of the last thirty or forty years is even remotely comparable with those of Brahms? And yet more symphonies are being composed these days than is generally appreciated. The Leipzig 'Signale' lists no fewer than 19 symphonies performed for the first time last year. It looks as though Brahms's successes had stimulated production, following the long silence which set in after Mendelssohn and Schumann... Brahms is unique in his resources of genuine symphonic invention; in his sovereign mastery of all the secrets of counterpoint, harmony, and instrumentation; in the logic of development combined with the most beautiful freedom of fantasy..."

Brahms 1st symphony was definitely one of his best IMO. I would rank them 1, 4, 3 and 2. No. 1 is so cool though, that last movement.... WOW

You know, I don't have a recording of the Brahms 1 yet.
Can someone recommend a definitive recording for me?

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