Semyon Bychkov - Brahms - Symphonies 1 & 2 (Region 1 Import DVD)

Unlike most other masters of classical music composition, Johannes Brahms did not write his first symphony until the twilight of his career, at a relatively old 43 years of age. That symphony, and the one that followed, proved to be complex, multi-layered, and gorgeous works of sonic pleasure. Conductor Semyon Bychkov, a long-time admirer of Brahms, brings his love of the composer and his work to a moving performance of these first two symphonies, which are played by the WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln.