Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

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Label
CPO
Release Date
July 17, 2026
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Felix Woyrsch
    • PERFORMER
      Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Howard Griffiths
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 17, 2026
    • UPC
      761203562824
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555628-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Sehr mäßig bewegt

      Composer: Felix Woyrsch

      Ensemble: Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    2. II. Sehr langsam

      Composer: Felix Woyrsch

      Ensemble: Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    3. III. In ruhig schreitender Bewegung - Schnell und leicht - Erstes Zeitmaß

      Composer: Felix Woyrsch

      Ensemble: Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    4. IV. Sehr langsam - Sehr bewegt - Mäßig bewegt, nicht schleppend

      Composer: Felix Woyrsch

      Ensemble: Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    5. I. Sanktus: Mäßig schnell

      Composer: Felix Woyrsch

      Ensemble: Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    6. II. Via crucis: Mäßig langsam

      Composer: Felix Woyrsch

      Ensemble: Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    7. III. Gloria: Lebhaft, doch nicht übereilt

      Composer: Felix Woyrsch

      Ensemble: Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths


The works of the late Romantic composer Felix Woyrsch stand as eloquent defenses of the creative successor. Perhaps it is precisely this too often disparaged generation of "late-born" artists who laid the groundwork for the great masters. By absorbing earlier achievements and reshaping them to serve their own expressive aims, they laid the foundation for later greatness. The Silesian-born Woyrsch, who established himself permanently in Altona-then still independent of Hamburg-demonstrated that even diametrically opposed models could be reconciled. He succeeded in bringing together Wagner, Bruckner, and Brahms almost imperceptibly, without sacrificing his own artistic identity. On the contrary, the cycle of six symphonies, now completed with the present release, emerges as a distinctive artistic statement-made all the more impressive by the fact that Woyrsch remained genuinely receptive to the developments of modernism.