{"product_id":"brahms-symphonies-nos-3-6","title":"Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 \u0026 4","description":"Recently awarded the prestigious Brahms Prize of the  Schleswig-Holstein Brahms Society, Kent Nagano and  the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, of which he  was principal conductor from 2015 until 2025, perform  the last two symphonies by the Hamburg-born  composer, recorded in concert.    The most personal of Johannes Brahms's four  symphonies, the Third is both heroic and deeply  troubled; moreover, all four movements end quietly.  After the heroism of the First Symphony and the  pastoral flavours of the Second, the Third Symphony  reveals Brahms at a crossroads: the youthful impulses  are now reined in and the mood is more one of  profound reflection on life and death. The theme of the  slow movement has been adapted many times and even  sung by Frank Sinatra under the title of 'Take My Love'.    The Fourth Symphony might be described as the most  classical of Brahms's symphonies, not least because of it's  chaconne finale, a variation form inherited from the  baroque era. Described as an 'autumn symphony' or  'elegiac', it's mood is sometimes tormented and fiery,  sometimes harsh and solitary. The culmination of a  genre that cost him so much effort, the Fourth is the last  word of Brahms the symphonist; he would never  compose another work of this kind.","brand":"BIS","offers":[{"title":"SACD","offer_id":50001383915800,"sku":"7318599923741","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/4420732-3383646.jpg?v=1777485372","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/brahms-symphonies-nos-3-6","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}