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Title: Tragic Symphony
Review: When Brahms wrote one of greatest of all symphonies (his 4th), surely he never envisioned that the heart and soul would one day be ripped from it by hackneyed amateur orchestras. Just how can so-called "professional" musicians do this monumental injustice to such magnificent music?On this DELTA brand CD, the name of the last selection, the "Tragic" Overture, sums up precisely the four symphonic movements that precede it. You are unlikely to encounter a more lifeless performance of Brahms' fourth anywhere-- the Netherlands Philharmonic sounds as wooden as a Dutchman's shoes. Zero stars!
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