London Philharmonic Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor


“Brahms is a composer very close to my heart. … To hear his majestic First Symphony, which he laboured over writing for decades, is to be changed! Recording his music and sharing performances and ideas about him and his music with audiences is a dream come true for me.”
Marin Alsop



Completed in 1877, Brahms’ remarkable and impressive Symphony No. 1 was the result of a fourteen-year gestation period and established the composer as the leading German symphonist of his generation. This superb performance reveals Alsop’s years of experience conducting Brahms in her live programmes to enormous acclaim: “In an era when great Brahms interpreters are a bit thin on the ground, Alsop is well on her way to becoming one of the best.”
The Guardian on the LPO / Alsop live performance of Brahms: Symphony No.1