JOHANNES BRAHMS

Sir John Eliot Gardiner releases his new album, on which he presents live recordings of all four Brahms Symphonies taken from a cycle of critically acclaimed concerts from Amsterdam with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra starting in 2021.  

Explaining his decision to re-record the cycle following a version on period instruments almost two decades ago, Gardiner notes: “I sensed a need and a personal challenge to build on that seminal earlier experience and to extend its findings and interpretations to/in working with a modern instrument orchestra – especially such a distinguished, flexible and immensely accomplished one as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – in search of a fresh synthesis of styles and approaches.” 
 
The album will is released digitally and on CD. The four concerts, which additionally performed each symphony alongside other key works in Brahms' output, can be viewed on our streaming service STAGE+.