Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op 98 James MacMillan Larghetto for Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck
REFERENCE RECORDINGS FR-744 SACD
This recording of the fourth symphony is the best in my collection in both performance and sound. Here, Honeck delivers a very passionate and dynamic reading. "In this outstanding performance of Brahms’s Fourth Symphony, Manfred Honeck draws a wonderfully rich, almost Central European string sound from the Pittsburgh Symphony, matched by equally mellifluous and wonderfully blended colours from the woodwind and horns." The soundscape is huge and transparent. All orchestral instruments have awesome presence. The dynamics here are off the charts.
