Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 / Konig, Solistes Europeens, Luxembourg

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
April 13, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      FARRENC, LOUISE
    • PERFORMER
      Solistes Europeens, Luxembourg, Konig
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 13, 2018
    • UPC
      747313370672
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573706
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante - Allegro

      Composer: Louise Farrenc

      Ensemble: Luxembourg Solistes Européens

      Conductor: Christoph König

    2. II. Andante

      Composer: Louise Farrenc

      Ensemble: Luxembourg Solistes Européens

      Conductor: Christoph König

    3. III. Scherzo: Vivace

      Composer: Louise Farrenc

      Ensemble: Luxembourg Solistes Européens

      Conductor: Christoph König

    4. IV. Andante - Allegro

      Composer: Louise Farrenc

      Ensemble: Luxembourg Solistes Européens

      Conductor: Christoph König

    5. I. Adagio - Allegro

      Composer: Louise Farrenc

      Ensemble: Luxembourg Solistes Européens

      Conductor: Christoph König

    6. II. Adagio cantabile

      Composer: Louise Farrenc

      Ensemble: Luxembourg Solistes Européens

      Conductor: Christoph König

    7. III. Scherzo: Vivace

      Composer: Louise Farrenc

      Ensemble: Luxembourg Solistes Européens

      Conductor: Christoph König

    8. IV. Finale: Allegro

      Composer: Louise Farrenc

      Ensemble: Luxembourg Solistes Européens

      Conductor: Christoph König


Pursuing a musical career was no easy matter for women in the nineteenth century, but Louise Farrenc’s character and determination resulted in her becoming a respected part of the European scene, and the first ever female senior professor of piano at the Paris Conservatoire. Farrenc’s Second Symphony owes something to Mozartian models, with imaginative writing for winds and hints of Beethoven. The Third Symphony is notable for a richness of harmonic writing which, in its color and lyricism, is reminiscent of Mendelssohn and Schumann.