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Spohr: Symphonies Nos 4 & 5

Howard Shelley: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67622

Release Date:  01 March 2008

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571176222

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    In this second volume of Spohr’s symphonies, Howard Shelley and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana continue their exploration of this enjoyable and little-known repertoire. Formerly one of the most significant personalities in nineteenth-century German music, Spohr’s symphonies were as popular as those of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven until he fell from fashion in the later part of the nineteenth century. Symphony No 4 was quickly acclaimed as the composer’s symphonic masterpiece after its first performance. It is a forward-looking, programmatic work based on a poem by Carl Pfeiffer, ‘The Consecration of Sounds’. Unusually, it features a slow finale, and in this way was an important example to future composers including Tchaikovsky and Mahler. Symphony No 5 is a deeply felt work, pouring out pent-up emotions from dramatic events in the composer’s life at the time of writing with real expressive power. The disc also features the overture to a cantata Das befreite Deutschland (‘Germany liberated’), composed following Napoleon’s disastrous defeat at the battle of Leipzig in October 1813.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Overture 'Das befreite Deutschland' - Louis Spohr
      • 2. Largo - Allegro
      • 3. Andantino - Allegro - Andantino
      • 4. Tempo di Marcia - Andante maestoso
      • 5. Larghetto - Allegretto
      • 6. Andante - Allegro
      • 7. Larghetto
      • 8. Scherzo. Allegro Molto - Trio
      • 9. Presto