Renaud Capuçon, violin Julia Hagen, cello Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Jakub Hrůša, conductor

Johannes Brahms and the symphony genre – what was a long and difficult chapter for the composer has proven to be a great gift for musical posterity. His four symphonies, paired with other Brahms works, will be performed in a Brahms cycle at the Rheingau Music Festival over the next two years. The Fourth marks the final and climax of his symphonic output; he would subsequently compose only one more orchestral work: the Double Concerto – a "work of...