Schumann: The Symphonies & Overtures / Dausgaard, Swedish Chamber Orchestra

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Release Date
January 6, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Robert Schumann
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Swedish Chamber Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Swedish Chamber Orchestra
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 06, 2023
    • UPC
      7318599926698
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2669
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    2. II. Larghetto -

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    3. III. Scherzo: Molto vivace

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    4. IV. Allegro animato e grazioso

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    5. Die Braut von Messina (The Bride of Messina), Op. 100

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    6. Genoveva, Op. 81: Overture

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    7. Symphony in G Minor, Anhang A3, "Zwickau": I. Moderato - Allegro (first manuscript edition)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    8. I. Overture: Andante con moto - Allegro

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    9. II. Scherzo: Vivo

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    10. III. Finale: Allegro molto vivace

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    11. I. Sostenuto assai - Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    12. II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    13. III. Adagio espressivo

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    14. IV. Allegro molto vivace

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    15. Scenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3: Overture

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    16. Julius Cesar Overture, Op. 128

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    17. I. Andante con moto - Allegro di molto

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    18. II. Romanza: Andante

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    19. III. Scherzo: Presto

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    20. IV. Largo - Finale: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    21. I. Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    22. II. Scherzo: Sehr mäßig

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    23. III. Nicht schnell

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    24. IV. Feierlich

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    25. V. Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    26. Manfred Overture, Op. 115

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    27. Hermann and Dorothea, Op. 136

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    28. I. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    29. II. Romanze: Ziemlich langsam

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    30. III. Scherzo: Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard

    31. IV. Langsam - Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard


During their long collaboration (1997 - 2019) Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra developed a project they named ‘Opening Doors’, performing orchestral works from the Romantic era with the smaller-than-usual forces of a chamber orchestra. Due to the often revelatory results of this approach, the team went on to present at concerts around the world and on several recordings. This box set brings together an important chapter of the project: Robert Schumann’s orchestral music, symphonies as well as overtures. In addition to his four symphonies - including both versions of No. 4 - this collection presents the Zwickau Symphony, an early, unfinished work from 1832-33, as well as a divertimento-like sequence of movements, Overture, Scherzo and Finale.

Of the six overtures included in the set some are well-known, like the overture to Genoveva, Schumann’s only opera, and the Manfred Overture which Clara Schumann regarded as ‘one of the most poetic and most gripping of Robert’s pieces’. Other, less often heard works will constitute pleasant discoveries. The three albums included in the set were greeted with critical acclaim on their individual releases, earning distinctions in magazines such as Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine and Fono Forum. Summing up the cycle, the reviewer in Fanfare described it as ‘close to being the most thrilling Schumann symphony series on the market, with sawing violins smoking down to the bridge and timpani-like rifle shots.’

Past praise for the albums included in this edition:

Symphony No. 1 & Overtures

Right from the opening fanfares, there's a sense of joy and exhilaration, and the openness of the orchestral textures brings freshness and clarity. The ensemble’s lithe flexibility is used to the full by Dausgaard, whose instincts on tempo are persuasive, and the dramatic tension underpinning the work isn't allowed to evaporate.

-- BBC Music Magazine

Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4

The Second Symphony is revealing with keen accents and prominent inner voices, the latter half of the slow introduction biting and muscular, the main Allegro superbly built. In the Scherzo Dausgaard slows and softens the bridge passage appealingly, accentuating the dizzy flight back to the main subject. In the achingly beautiful Adagio, top line and accompaniment seem to lean on each other to ease the pain, and in speeding for the finale's second set Dausgaard intensifies the argument, making fresh sense of it.

-- Gramophone

Dausgaard is not the first conductor to use the 1841 version of the D minor Symphony… but… this performance, given by an orchestra of the size of Schumann himself would have known brings it vividly to life.

-- BBC Music Magazine