COMPOSERS: Brahms
LABELS: Decca Eloquence
ALBUM TITLE: Brahms
WORKS: Symphony No. 2; Haydn Variations
PERFORMER: Vienna Phil; LSO/Pierre Monteux
CATALOGUE NO: 480 8913 (1971)
Typically warm-hearted performances from both orchestras. Monteux is especially impressive in keeping up momentum in the Symphony’s expansive first movement. Erik Levi