Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
August 28, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SCHUMANN, ROBERT
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Seattle Symphony
    • PERFORMER
      Schwarz
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 28, 2012
    • UPC
      747313121373
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8571213
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    2. II. Scherzo: Sehr massig

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    3. III. Nicht schnell

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    4. IV. Feierlich

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    5. V. Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    6. I. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    7. II. Romanze: Ziemlich langsam

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    8. III. Scherzo: Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    9. IV. Langsam: Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz


The last of Schumann’s Symphonies to be composed, Symphony No 3 ‘Rhenish’ was most likely inspired by a cruise taken by the composer and his wife down the river Rhine. Alternating between austere splendour, great rhythmic suppleness and soaring lines, the work is an aural depiction of rural life by the river and the majestic cathedral in Cologne, and one that dares to reflect tensions between Classical form and Romantic innovation. So too does Symphony No 4, cast in four seamless movements that show Schumann’s masterly command of interrelated material and of symphonic unity.