Schumann - The Symphonies / Barenboim, Berlin Staatskapelle
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2004-01-06
Music Label: Warner Classics
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- Andante un poco maestoso. Allegro molto vivace
- Larghetto - attacca:
- Scherzo: Molto vivace
- Allegro animato grazioso
- Sustenuto assai. Allegro, ma non troppo
- Scherzo: Allegro vivace
- Adagio espressivo
- Allegro molto vivace
- Lebhaft
- Scherzo: Sehr m??ig
- Nicht schnell
- Feierlich - (quasi attacca:)
- Lebhaft
- Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft - (attacca:)
- Romanze. Ziemlich langsam - (attacca:)
- Scherzo. Lebhaft - Trio - (attacca:)
- Langsam - Lebhaft
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Well...this will not be an overly verbose review coming from an intellectual reading of the finer points of this music regarding such things as structure, harmony, etc. What concerns me is the visceral reaction to a work of art. And boy are these readings just down right electrifying. There is the deep, resonant warmth and substantive weight of the Staatskepelle match with a very strong outing by Barenboim. One will find a lot of power within this recording. Worth the money to boot!
Schumann - The Symphonies / Barenboim, Berlin Staatskapelle Poster
Schumann's symphonies have persistently been plagued by indifferent audiences, bewildered performers, wrong-headed judgments and chronological confusion. The First, Op. 38, called "Spring" for its buoyancy, vigor and exuberance, was written in 1841, as was the next; however, substantially revised in 1852, this is now known as No. 4 Op. 120. (Though rarely performed, the original version is well worth hearing.) The symphony known as the Second, Op. 61, was begun in 1845, laid aside for health reasons and finished the following year. No. 3, Op. 97, the "Rhenish," is perhaps the most popular; written in 1850, it evokes the Rhine, the "sacred river" Schumann loved, celebrated in song, and finally turned to for deliverance from unendurable despair. Although loyal to his classical roots, Schumann gave his innovative originality free rein in the last two symphonies: the Third has five movements, the thematically cyclical Fourth is played without a break, and he discarded the traditional Italian tempo markings for German ones. The performances recorded here should dispel the hoary fallacy that Schumann was a miniaturist incapable of handling large forms and inept at orchestration. The Staatskapelle, Berlin's oldest orchestra, has these symphonies in its bloodstream; as the Opera's pit band, its glorious sound is undoubtedly influenced by working with singers: free of sharp edges and attacks, sustained, warm, and mellow. Barenboim, its Music Director since 1992, approaches the symphonies with profound intellectual understanding and emotional affinity, combining a sense of structure, coherence, irresistible sweep and grandeur with loving attention to expressive detail. Carefully balancing sonorities, he brings out usually hidden lines and voices, proving that Schumann's orchestration, often called turgid, is in fact transparent and full of color. The first symphony's triumphant opening fanfare immediately takes us deep into Schumann's world of ardent, poetic romanticism, spontaneous imagination, mercurial mood changes: the sometimes gracious, sometimes ominous, spooky Scherzos, the vivacious, jubilant corner movements, the achingly beautiful slow ones. This is an indispensable record. --Edith EislerClassical Music CDs
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