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Röntgen: Symphonies Nos. 7, 11, 12, 14, 22-24 / Porcelijn
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Röntgen: Symphonies Nos. 7, 11, 12, 14, 22-24 / Porcelijn

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Composer
RONTGEN, JULIUS
Artist
Brandenburgisches Staatsorcheste Frankfurt, Porcelijn
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Nov 19, 2021
Catalog #
777309-2
UPC
761203730926

About

We now once again can continue our comprehensive and successful Röntgen Edition with a new production containing two albums dedicated to his last symphonies. These works once again demonstrating that Röntgen was the most highly imaginative composer in Holland during the second half of the nineteenth century. Julius Röntgen composed his Symphony no. 12 in C major (“In Babylone”) in 1930, along with eight further symphonies. Seven of these works are laid out in a single movement and last from ten to 15 minutes. The actual main theme of Symphony no. 12 is only heard at the end in the plein jeu of the organ. At the beginning of 1930 Julius Röntgen was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Edin‑burgh. The degree was proposed by Professor Donald Francis Tovey, with whom he had already developed a friendship by 1910. Tovey considered Röntgen the last link in a chain proceeding from Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms, a man capable of telling and teaching us of these 19th‑century titans. Röntgen was so surprised and delighted at the prospect of this tribute that he immediately set out to compose his Seventh Symphony in F minor, the “Edinburgh” Symphony. Following the model of Joseph Haydn and his “Oxford” Symphony, he intended to present it to the university’s senate at the awards ceremony. Röntgen celebrated the Christmas season and New Year’s Day with the newly married couple in Winterthur, where his newest – and last – symphony originated in 1930. Symphony no. 14 in D major (“Winterthur”) makes do with a small amount of material. The horns enter on natural harmonics in D major, seemingly emerging directly from the Alpine scenery.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Un poco sostenuto 06:56
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Un poco sostenuto
    Duration
    06:56
    Composer
    Julius Röntgen
    Ensemble
    Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  3. 2 II. Allegro molto ed agitato 04:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro molto ed agitato
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Julius Röntgen
    Ensemble
    Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  4. 3 III. Andante tranquillo 05:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Andante tranquillo
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Julius Röntgen
    Ensemble
    Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  5. 4 IV. Allegro assai e passionato 05:25
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro assai e passionato
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Julius Röntgen
    Ensemble
    Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  6. 5 Symphony No. 14 in D Major, "Winterthur" 09:54
    Track
    5
    Title
    Symphony No. 14 in D Major, "Winterthur"
    Duration
    09:54
    Composer
    Julius Röntgen
    Ensemble
    Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  7. 6 Symphony No. 12 in C Major, "In Babylone" 10:08
    Track
    6
    Title
    Symphony No. 12 in C Major, "In Babylone"
    Duration
    10:08
    Composer
    Julius Röntgen
    Ensemble
    Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  8. Disc 2
  9. 1 Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, "Wirbelsymphonie" 14:48
    Track
    1
    Title
    Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, "Wirbelsymphonie"
    Duration
    14:48
    Composer
    Julius Röntgen
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  10. 2 Symphony No. 23 in C Minor 16:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    Symphony No. 23 in C Minor
    Duration
    16:38
    Composer
    Julius Röntgen
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  11. 3 Symphony No. 22 in F-Sharp Major 12:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    Symphony No. 22 in F-Sharp Major
    Duration
    12:04
    Composer
    Julius Röntgen
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  12. 4 I. Andante solenne 05:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Andante solenne
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Julius Röntgen
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  13. 5 II. Allegro 03:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Julius Röntgen
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  14. 6 III. Andante 04:11
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Julius Röntgen
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  15. 7 IV. Allegro giocoso 04:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allegro giocoso
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Julius Röntgen
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn