[ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 1 August 2014
Lorin Maazel had a long history of recording with Decca and many of these recordings are being reissued on Eloquence. Thrilling sound and vigour mark his performances of Maazel's 1970s Brahms cycle from Cleveland and Gramophone made a note of the superb quality of the sound engineering. The set is issued internationally on CD for the first time.
"The finale [of the Third Symphony] is beautifully shaped and flighted … this is an excellent version of the Third" Gramophone Magazine
Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (Complete)
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'