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of the 19th century romantic, — Tchai-kovsky and the like, which is under-standable as most of thcse works were writtcn around 1910-1915. His unique and powerful characteristics have left us with a rich musical legacy. He wrotc two sonatas, the first was based on Goethe’s Faust and is rarely performed.

The second one, performed here is the most popular written originally in 1912, curiously in a rented room in Romę once occupied by Tchaikovsky. It was revised and reduced in length by him in 1931. This revised version ap-pears on this disc.

Like other new piano recordings I have rcvicwed, this disc shows off the superlative piano sound of CD mainly due to the complete absence of noise between the notes — no distractions and zero wow imperfections — all musie. The sound is very clean, fuli sounding with the revcrberance of a large hall. Maybe it is a touch bass light, but this would depend on the acoustics of the recording and your preference. Overall a verv fine recording. (R.L.C.)

BRAHMS SYMPHONY No.3

Academic Festival Overture Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg Solti Decca 414 488-2 Płaying Time: 49 min 46 sec

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Scven years after Brahms had com-pleted his lst symphony, he was at the age of 50, a much respected and estab-lished composer. By this time he had behind him the great success of his 2nd symphony and piano concerto and had been honoured with doctorates from the University of Cambridge (which he de-dined) and Breslau. He was intema-tionally famous.

It seems though that in 1883 he “knocked off work to carry bricks!” for he went to Wiesbaden for a rest and promptly composed this magnificent 3rd symphony. It was performed on Decem-ber 2nd that year and like the previous one, was an immediate success. Han-slick wrote of it “Many may prefer the titanic force of the First, others the un-troubled charm of the Second ... but the Third strikes me as artistically the most perfect. It is morę compactly

madę, morę transparent in detail, morę plastic in the main theme, the orchestra-tion is richer in novel and charming combinations: in ingenious modulations . it is equal to the best of Brahms’ works.”

In acknowledgement of the honorary doctorate conferrcd on him by Breslau in 1879, Brahms composed two works in 1881. One of these was the very musi-cally rich Academic Festival Overture, a rollicking pot-pourri of student songs ending with the famous “Gaudeamus igitur.” This is my favourite Brahms symphony, and this magnificent recording madę around 1981 and an analogue version, is still the best I have heard to datę. (R.L.C.)    0

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