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Brahms (1833-1897)

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The fifth installment of the live series by Tsagrozek and the Konzerthaus Orchestra: Schubert with vivid harmonic transitions and the ultimate in purity! Brahms is a dependable Brahms, full of inevitability and organic construction. The performance of Brahms's First Symphony may be a bit too simple and may be a bit confusing if you listen to it only partially, focusing on the so-called "climaxes" of the work, such as the famous chorale and string ensemble in the last movement. From the beginning of the first movement to the last note of the fourth movement, there is not a single stagnation in the performance, and the motifs are tightly interlocked and constructed. There is no trace of a "kernel" in the performance, and every agogik and dunamik has a sense of inevitability, with each voice organically coming to life, making Brahms' laborious work, which took 20 years of elaboration, come alive as if written in a single stroke. (Lothar Zagrozek (1942-), a German conductor, began his musical career as a member of the Regensburg Cathedral Choir. He studied conducting under Hans Swarovski, Istvan Kertesz, Bruno Maderna, and Herbert von Karajan.He was appointed Music Director in Solingen and Krefeld-Mönchengladbach, and subsequently served as Principal Conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Paris Opera, Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Leipzig Opera, Music Director of the Staatsoper in Stuttgart, and Chief Conductor of the Berlin He also served as Principal Conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. He was also involved with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie as Principal Guest Conductor and became Artistic Advisor. His operatic works have won him international acclaim, and he has appeared at many prestigious opera houses and Glyndebourne Festivals, including the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Semperoper, the Théâtre de la Monnaie, and the Royal Opera House, He has performed with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, and many other world-renowned orchestras. He has also appeared at the Vienna Art Week, Berlin Music Festival, BBC Proms, Munich Opera Festival, and Salzburg Festival. He is one of the most prominent conductors in the field of contemporary music.For his recordings, he has received the Edison Award, the Cannes Classical Award, the Deutsche Schallplatten Award, and was nominated for a Grammy Award. He is also an active supporter of music education for young talent, sponsoring Berlin's "Cultural Education Policy," serving as advisory board chairman of the Conductors' Forum Artistic Committee of the German Music Council, and serving on the jury for the German Conductors' Prize. In 2017, he received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, First Class Distinguished Service Cross. King International