The Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90, was completed in 1884 by German composer Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897). It has become one of his most played works, and made numerous appearances in popular culture - I'll never forget the classic scene in Fawlty Towers where Basil Fawlty, when accused by his wife of "listening to that racket", famously responds "Racket!? That's Brahms! Brahms' third racket!" - mind you, that was about ten years before I started exploring classical music! The average playing time is 36 minutes (AllMusic). I have several versions, and have a slight preference for the one by the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan on a Deutsche Grammophon CD (Seventies series).
