HUNGARIAN DANCE No.21 (Brahms) - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Marek Janowski
The Hungarian Dances German: Ungarische Tänze) by Johannes Brahms are a set of 21 lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, which Brahms completed in 1879. They are among his most popular works and were certainly the most profitable for him. Each dance has been arranged for a wide variety of instruments and ensembles. Although Brahms wrote many of the dances for solo piano, orchestral versions of them have been the most popular. Orchestrated by Antonin Dvorák, this is Hungarian Dance No.21 played by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marek Janowski (b.1939), a Polish born German conductor, currently the chief conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic. This PentaTone Classics album, released in 2018, features Brahms' Symphony No.4 and 8 of the 21 Ungarische Tänze.
The Hungarian Dances German: Ungarische Tänze) by Johannes Brahms are a set of 21 lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, which Brahms completed in 1879. They are among his most popular works and were certainly the most profitable for him. Each dance has been arranged for a wide variety of instruments and ensembles. Although Brahms wrote many of the dances for solo piano, orchestral versions of them have been the most popular. Orchestrated by Antonin Dvorák, this is Hungarian Dance No.21 played by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marek Janowski (b.1939), a Polish born German conductor, currently the chief conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic. This PentaTone Classics album, released in 2018, features Brahms' Symphony No.4 and 8 of the 21 Ungarische Tänze.