Title: Go elsewhere
Product review: The serious, self-important facial expression of the conductor on the front of the CD jewelcase is a dead giveaway of the musical treatment you are about to experience. The Brahms 2nd Symphony shouldn't be played like the 1st or 4th. After all, it's Brahms' "pastoral" symphony. Yet Maestra Alsop attempts to turn it into some sort of "profound statement", when she should just chill and let the music play. Brahms doesn't need this sort of treatment.The Hungarian Dances are forgettable -- go instead with Neeme Jarvi, Antal Dorati or Paul Strauss for some real kick-up-your-heels excitement.
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