
Schumann - The Symphonies and Overtures
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Label: BIS
Cat No: BIS2669
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 3rd February 2023
Contents
Works
Die Braut von Messina, op.100Genoveva, op.81
Julius Caesar, op.128
Manfred Overture, op.115
Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major, op.52
Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO3
Symphony in G minor 'Zwickau' (fragment)
Symphony no.4 in D minor, op.120 (1841 version)
Artists
Swedish Chamber OrchestraConductor
Thomas DausgaardWorks
Die Braut von Messina, op.100Genoveva, op.81
Julius Caesar, op.128
Manfred Overture, op.115
Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major, op.52
Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO3
Symphony in G minor 'Zwickau' (fragment)
Symphony no.4 in D minor, op.120 (1841 version)
Artists
Swedish Chamber OrchestraConductor
Thomas DausgaardAbout
This box set brings together an important chapter of the project: Robert Schumann’s orchestral music, symphonies as well as overtures. In addition to his four symphonies – including both versions of No.4 – this collection presents the Zwickau Symphony, an early, unfinished work from 1832-33, as well as a divertimento-like sequence of movements, Overture, Scherzo and Finale. Of the six overtures included in the set some are well-known, like the overture to Genoveva, Schumann’s only opera, and the Manfred Overture which Clara Schumann regarded as ‘one of the most poetic and most gripping of Robert’s pieces’. Other, less often heard works will constitute pleasant discoveries.
The three discs included in the set were greeted with critical acclaim on their individual releases, earning distinctions in magazines such as Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine and Fono Forum. Summing up the cycle, the reviewer in Fanfare described it as ‘close to being the most thrilling Schumann symphony series on the market, with sawing violins smoking down to the bridge and timpani-like rifle shots.’
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