Buttner: Symphony No. 2; A Vision; Heroic Overture

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Label
CPO
Release Date
February 7, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Paul Buttner
    • PERFORMER
      Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 07, 2025
    • UPC
      0761203548224
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555482-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Heroic Overture in C Major

      Composer: Paul Büttner

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Jörg-Peter Weigle

    2. Präludium

      Composer: Paul Büttner

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Jörg-Peter Weigle

    3. Fuge

      Composer: Paul Büttner

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Jörg-Peter Weigle

    4. Epilog

      Composer: Paul Büttner

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Jörg-Peter Weigle

    5. I. Allegro man non troppo: Affetuoso

      Composer: Paul Büttner

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Jörg-Peter Weigle

    6. II. Scherzo: Presto

      Composer: Paul Büttner

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Jörg-Peter Weigle

    7. III. Introduzione: Variazioni e Finale

      Composer: Paul Büttner

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Jörg-Peter Weigle


Paul Buttner was a man of many talents. Trained as a composer under Felix Draeseke, he was one of the last Romantic symphonists after the turn of the century. He conducted workers' choirs, taught choral singing at the Dresden Conservatory (later becoming director), and worked as a critic for the�Dresdner Volkszeitung. He inspired amateur musicians so passionately that he can rightly be described as a "musical educator of the people". This intellectual vigor is directly reflected in Buttner's compositions, which, while modeled on great predecessors, challenge the boundaries of tradition in every measure - and convincingly so. His symphonic works, in particular, earned him wide recognition until the rise of the Nazi regime brought turbulence. His rediscovery is long overdue.