Dohnányi: Symphony No. 2; Songs / Jiménez, Florida State University Symphony Orchestra

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 10, 2014
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DOHNANYI, ERNO
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Florida State University Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Jones, Jimenez
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 10, 2014
    • UPC
      747313300877
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573008
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro con brio, ma energico e appassionato

      Composer: Ernő Dohnányi

      Ensemble: Florida State University Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Alexander Jiménez

    2. II. Adagio pastorale, molto con sentimento

      Composer: Ernő Dohnányi

      Ensemble: Florida State University Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Alexander Jiménez

    3. III. Burla: Allegro

      Composer: Ernő Dohnányi

      Ensemble: Florida State University Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Alexander Jiménez

    4. IV. Introduzione, variazione con fuga sopra un corale di J.S. Bach, e coda

      Composer: Ernő Dohnányi

      Ensemble: Florida State University Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Alexander Jiménez

    5. No. 1. Gott (God)

      Composer: Ernő Dohnányi

      Ensemble: Florida State University Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Evan Thomas Jones

      Conductor: Alexander Jiménez

    6. No. 2. Sonnensehnsucht (Longing for the Sun)

      Composer: Ernő Dohnányi

      Ensemble: Florida State University Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Evan Thomas Jones

      Conductor: Alexander Jiménez


Dohnányi’s powerful Second Symphony was composed toward the end of the Second World War but its large canvas reflects not so much his wartime experience as his own artistic credo as a Romantic composer. +Of the symphony and its philosophy he wrote: “The goal is the end of the glorious fight. The goal is death; life is a struggle”, and in it he crafted a passionate monument to the Romanticism he espoused, heard here in its final revised version. +The two songs for baritone and orchestra have been very rarely heard, and were revived by Alexander Jiménez with the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra in 2013.