Guess we have to wait for Roger Norrington & Co to take up Brahms!
ajr
He already has.
Requiem:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=72476
Symphonies:
http://www.amazon.com/Brahms-Complete-Symphonies/dp/B000FMQSU4
Also John Eliot Gardiner.
http://www.amazon.com/Brahms-Ein-deutsches-Requiem-Op-45/dp/B00000413E
(Gardner's recordings of the four symphonies with period instruments
are on four different CDs, easy to find with a Google search).
The only one of these I own is the Gardiner Requiem, and it is
lovely. The horns and timpani sound great, and the strings play with
little vibrato. The choir (Monteverdi Choir) sings beautifully, and
without heaviness. I have grown up with and gotten used to the
mid-20th-century style for Brahms, and I still like that way of doing
Brahms very much. But I'm really happy to have these alternatives,
which seem more intimate and clearer. On the days I am in the mood
for this "more informed" Brahms, it is fabulous to listen to.
David Froom
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