Kent Nagano and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra complete their Brahms symphony cycle with this landmark recording of the first two symphonies. Recorded in concert, Nagano brings unrivalled authority to this music having won the prestigious 2024 Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Brahms Society. With this new album, Nagano crowns his decade leading the orchestra in Hamburg where was principal conductor …

Recently awarded the prestigious Brahms Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Brahms Society, Kent Nagano and the Hamburg State Philharmonic, of which he was principal conductor from 2015 until 2025, perform the last two symphonies by the Hamburg-born composer, recorded in concert. The most personal of Johannes Brahms’s four symphonies, the Third is both heroic and deeply troubled with each movement ending …