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Blomstedt’s Boring Brahms First Symphony (Video Review)

David Hurwitz

Artistic Quality:

  • 6

Sound Quality:

  • 9

The bottom line:

This new release is a snooze, plain and simple. I wish it were otherwise; Blomstedt is such a fine conductor, but here he turns in a “sensitive” performance strong on nuance but fatally weak in fire and passion.

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Recording Details:

Reference Recording: Symphony: Klemperer (Warner)

  • Record Label: PentaTone - 5186 850
  • Medium: CD

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