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Review title: Brahms Beaten
Product review: This is without a doubt one of the worst Brahms 1st symphonies ever recorded. Not only does Bernstein take an unbelievably slow pace, he insists on taking the exposition repeat. Then in the 4th movement, the tempi is so slow, the whole symphonic structure just falls apart. Bernstein is so self indulgent that the performance is just one ego trip. Bernstein's entire Brahms cycle for DG with the Vienna Philharmonic is just a disaster. Do not believe the two rave reviews also posted here. Brahms is not Bernstein's specialty. Go with Bruno Walter on Sony, or Horenstein on Chesky to here the proper way to conduct this symphony. The whole performance is just a disaster!
