Link to the Show / Show NotesJohannes Brahms waited more than 40 years before he composed a symphony, then he wrote four in the space of ten years ? all of them masterpieces. Conductor Marin Alsop is now recording all of these symphonies with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. This podcast looks at Symphony No. 2 ? German Romanticism at its glorious best, this new recording, and the composerbehind it. It also asks why Brahms Symphonies are 45 minutes long, while Beatles songs last five minutes.

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