Composer: Albéric Magnard
Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg
Conductor: Fabrice Bollon
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Size: 766 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Magnard, Albéric (1865-1914):
Symphony No. 3 in B flat minor, Op. 11
01. I. Introduction et ouverture. Modéré – Vif
02. II. Danses. Très vif
03. III. Pastorale. Modéré
04. IV. Finale. Vif
Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
05. I. Modéré
06. II. Vif
07. III. Sans lenteur et nuancé
08. IV. Animé
Alberic Magnard became a French national hero when he died defending his home at the outbreak of the First World War and, although he wrote relatively little, his catalogue is full of expansive and beautifully crafted music. Magnard was a symphonist at heart, and with its evocations of landscape and expressive lyricism his Third Symphony was admired by Paul Dukas for its ‘perfect clarity’ and as an ‘all too rare creation.’ The luminous Fourth Symphony is one of Magnard’s last surviving works- a masterpiece that successfully synthesizes Wagnerian high drama with Classical transparency.