Lorin Maazel had a long history of recording with Decca and many of his recordings are being reissued on Eloquence. Thrilling sound and vigour mark the performances of Maazel’s 1970s Brahms cycle from Cleveland, and Gramophone made a note of the superb quality of the sound engineering. The set is issued internationally on CD for the first time.
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Academic Festival Overture
Tragic Overture
Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel
Recording Producers: Ray Minshull (Symphonies Nos. 2–4, Tragic Overture); Michael Woolcock (Symphony No. 1, Academic Festival Overture)
Recording Engineers: Colin Moorfoot (Symphonies Nos. 2–4, Tragic Overture); Colin Moorfoot, Michael Mailes (Symphony No. 1, Academic Festival Overture)
Recording Location: Masonic Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 25 & 26 August 1975 (Symphony No. 1, Academic Festival Overture), 4 October 1976 (Tragic Overture, Symphony No. 2), 5 October 1976 (Haydn Variations), 8 October 1976 (Symphony No. 2), 5 & 9 October 1976 (Symphony No. 3), 8 & 9 October 1976 (Symphony No. 4)
‘The finale [of the Third Symphony] is beautifully shaped and flighted … this is an excellent version of the Third’ Gramophone