Recorded June-August 2002 – 58 Days With Brahms And Me

Day 3 – Symphony No. 3 in F (Jaap)

March 30, 2020 by Bill

This morning’s CD is a double-header: Symphony No. 3 in F and Symphony No. 4 in E minor are both on one CD, which means I have to listen to both today or else my count is wrong; it would take more than 58 days to get through the Brahms’ Complete box set. I’m not … [Read more…]

Day 1 – Symphony No. 1 in C minor (Jaap)

March 28, 2020 by Bill

And so it begins. I haven’t undertaken one of my exhaustive music projects in quite awhile. The last one was in 2018 and it required that I listen to all nine of Beethoven’s symphonies as interpreted by 17 different conductors from 18 different CD box sets (Herbert von Karajan was represented twice). You can find … [Read more…]