Composer: Robert Schumann
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Berliner Philharmoniker
Release: 2016
Size: 2.17 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 ‘Spring’
01. I. Andante un poco maestoso – Allegro molto vivace – Animato
02. II. Larghetto
03. III. Scherzo. Molto vivace – Trio 1. Molto più vivace – Tempo 1 – Trio 2 – Coda
04. IV. Allegro animato e grazioso
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
05. I. Andante con moto – Allegro di molto – Animato (1841)
06. II. Romanza. Andante (1841)
07. III. Scherzo. Presto – Trio – Scherzo – Trio – Largo (1841)
08. IV. Finale. Allegro vivace – Più vivace – Stringendo – Presto (1841)
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
09. I. Sostenuto assai – Un poco più vivace – Allegro, ma non troppo
10. II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio 1 – Trio 2
11. III. Adagio espressivo
12. IV. Allegro molto vivace
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 ‘Rhenish’
13. I. Lebhaft
14. II. Scherzo. Sehr mäßig
15. III. Nicht schnell
16. IV. Feierlich
17. V. Lebhaft – Schneller
For Simon Rattle, Robert Schumann is “the echt Romantic”. And in fact, the exuberance of the period, its passion and its melancholy can be heard with unique intensity in Schumann’s music to this day. For the Berliner Philharmoniker, Schumann’s symphonies have always been part of their core repertoire. The 1953 Wilhelm Furtwängler recording in particular has attained cult status. And so it only stands to reason that the Berliner Philharmoniker launched their Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings label with a cycle of the four Schumann symphonies.