Hungarian Dances Archive

BRAHMS: 16 Waltzes; 21 Hungarian Dances – Helene Mercier and Cyprien Katsaris, piano – Warner Classics
Cyprien Katsaris and Helene Mercier brings dash and abandon to the Brahms dance forms, played with a brio hard to match.

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4, Hungarian Dances 11, 3, 7 and Instr. Folk Music – Budapest Festival Orch./ Ivan Fischer – Channel Classics
A solid Fourth Symphony with audio quality to match.

BRAHMS: The Four Symphonies; Overtures – Gewandhausorchester/ Riccardo Chailly – Decca (3-CDs)
Riccardo Chailly grants us a “revisionist” Brahms that departs from his 2005 cycle and reverts to the Classic detail and architecture of his model, Felix Weingartner.

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1; Variations on a Theme by Haydn; Three Hungarian Dances – Vienna Phil. Orch./ Wilhelm Furtwangler – Pristine Audio
Excellent restoration of an important Furtwangler recording. (Even available in ambient stereo if you want.)

BRAHMS: Haydn-Variations; Serenade No. 1 for Large Orchestra in D Major; Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3 & 10 – Bamberger Symphony/ Robin Ticciati – Tudor/BR Klassick
BRAHMS: Haydn-Variations Op. 56a; Serenade No. 1 for Large Orchestra in D Major, Op. 11; Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3 & 10 – Bamberger Symphony/ Robin Ticciati – Tudor/BR Klassick 7183, 68:44 [Distr. by Naxos] ****: An excellent Brahms SACD with the Bavarian State Philharmonic and their young conductor Ticciati, but up against rather stern […]
BRAHMS: 21 Hungarian Dances (arr. Joachim) – Oscar Shumsky, violin/Frank Maus, piano – Nimbus
Shumsky (1917-2000) was someone special in music, a world class prodigy, working musician and pedagogue of the first order.