Thank goodness Schumann discovered the manuscript of Schubert's "Great" C major symphony in the composer's estate in 1838; otherwise, it would have sunk without trace and we would not have Schumann's ...
This year the three brass SSO fellowships have gone to women(Dukas Ju/flickr.com/CC-BY-NC-2.0) The world was looking very bright indeed for a 30-year-old Robert ...
Musick for His Majesty's Cornetts and Sackbutts London Symphony Orchestra Matthew Locke, Composer István Kertész, Conductor Symphony No. 1, 'Spring' London Symphony Orchestra István Kertész, Conductor ...
Heinz Holliger begins his survey of Schumann's orchestral music at the beginning. The Symphony in D minor was composed in 1841, straight after the First Symphony, and 10 years later, after revision, ...
He works in mysterious ways.
Better late than never. Strangely for someone who loves Beethoven and Schubert, Claudio Abbado has never recorded Schumann's symphonies. But now, to celebrate his 80th birthday, Abbado gives us the ...
Symphony No. 2 Hans Gál, Composer Kenneth Woods, Conductor Orchestra of the Swan Symphony No. 4 Kenneth Woods, Conductor Robert Schumann, Composer Orchestra of the Swan Gál, like so many other Jews, ...
The SCO concluded their two-part Schumann Symphony cycle with immaculate performances of two quite different works. With Symphony No 2 in C, conductor Robin Ticciati deftly highlighted its mercurial ...
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Symphony No. 2 (Le) Concert des Nations Jordi Savall, Conductor Bruckner’s unnumbered D minor symphony, composed three years after the First Symphony, might not be as frequently performed as its later ...
A fine example of where the London Philharmonic now stands under Edward Gardner’s sound stewardship – and a shrewd coupling in terms of musical evolution. Dvořák’s most Wagnerian Symphony – the ...
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