Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra Continues Brahms Cycle

With new recording of Symphony Nos. 2 & 3 on Pentatone featuring conductor Marek Janowski.

On January 29th, Naxos of America, the #1 independent distributor of classical music in the United States, releases a new SACD from Dutch-based surround-sound specialists PentaTone Classics (www.pentatonemusic.com) of Brahms’s Symphony No. 2 & 3 by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Marek Janowski, who holds their Endowed Guest Conductor Chair.This new album is the second in a complete 3-disc cycle of Brahms’ symphonies, which will also include eight Hungarian Dances as orchestrated by Brahms and Dvořák, culled from live performances on March 2nd-4th and 9th-11th, and November 2nd-4th and 9th-11th, 2007. In August, Naxos released the first disc in the cycle, which featured Brahms’ Symphony No. 1. This disc was first by the Pittsburgh Orchestra since 2001 and their inaugural recording with Maestro Janowski.

This recording will be available in SACD format at NaxosDirect.com

BRAHMS: Symphony Nos. 2 & 3
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski

PentaTone Classics PTC5186308 (827949030864)

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Opus 68; Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Opus 56a
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski

PentaTone Classics PTC5186307 (827949030765)

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