Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Brahms: Symphony No. 4: Andre Previn: Sounds Magnificent (1984) Rating: Starring: Andre Previn Director: Herbert Chappell Category: Music, Special Interest Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: [None] Length: 85 mins     In this series of films, Andre Previn conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in some of the most popular works from the concert repertoire -- symphonies by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.Each program is introduced by Andre Previn, who discusses the piece to be performed and the lives of the composers who created these masterpieces by giving illustrations of aspects of their music with a variety of orchestral excerpts. Brahm's Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 (1885) Andre Previn's introduction to Brahms' Fourth symphony gives an understanding of why composers persistently take up the challenge of writing works of symphonic stature.Unlike other musical expressions, a symphony cannot be faked.In an opera or ballet, there is a story, scenery, costumes and effects to distract the audience.In a concerto there is always the charisma of the soloist, or the sheer brilliance of the playing, to mask flaws in the composition.But with a symphony, the work is judged only on the quality of the composer's writing and his ability to develop his musical ideas.