It must have been an amazing concert: imagine programming Matthew Locke's Musick for His Majesty's Sackbutts & Cornetts and Brahms' Second Symphony on the same night. Yet here is proof that on February 15, 1966, István Kertész and the London Symphony Orchestra did indeed play both the austerely magnificent work of the English Baroque composer and the gloriously lyrical work of the German romantic composer. And as this 2008 BBC Music release shows, they performed them both brilliantly. Played by the English orchestra's brass ...
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It must have been an amazing concert: imagine programming Matthew Locke's Musick for His Majesty's Sackbutts & Cornetts and Brahms' Second Symphony on the same night. Yet here is proof that on February 15, 1966, István Kertész and the London Symphony Orchestra did indeed play both the austerely magnificent work of the English Baroque composer and the gloriously lyrical work of the German romantic composer. And as this 2008 BBC Music release shows, they performed them both brilliantly. Played by the English orchestra's brass section, Locke's music receives a robustly rhythmic and vigorously virtuosic performance that the Hungarian conductor molds with a firm but sympathetic hand. Even better is the Brahms' Second. Rarely has the work's colors glowed warmer, its themes soared higher, its harmonies sounded deeper, and its structures been firmer than in this performance. Listen to the way Kertész shapes the opening Allegro non troppo so it naturally unfolds or the way the London Symphony's brass blends...
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Johannes Brahms; Matthew Locke; Robert Schumann. Fine. In fine packaging. London Symphony Orchestra-Schumann-Symphony No 1; Brahms-Symphony No 2 by London Symphony Orchestra.
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