Composer: Robert Schumann
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Yondani Butt
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Nimbus
Catalogue: NI7099
Release: 2017
Size: 682 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 ‘Spring’
01. I. Andante un poco maestoso
02. II. Larghetto
03. III. Scherzo
04. IV. Allegro animato e grazioso
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
05. I. Ziemlich langsam, Lebhaft
06. II. Romanze, Ziemlich langsam
07. III. Scherzo Lebhaft
08. IV. Langsam Lebhaft
09. Manfred Overture, Op. 115
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
10. I. Sostenuto assai
11. II. Allegro vivace
12. III. Adagio espressivo
13. IV. Allegro molto vivace
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 ‘Rhenish’
14. I. Lebhaft
15. II. Scherzo, Sehr mäβig
16. III. Nicht schnell
17. IV. Feierlich
18. V. Lebhaft
Yondani Butt was born in Macau. He studied conducting with Wolfgang Vacano (1906–1985) at Indiana University, majoring in chemistry. He continued to study conducting with Josef Blatt (1906–1999) at the University of Michigan while pursuing his chemistry degree. Hailed by Robert Marsh of the Chicago Sun Times as “an outstanding talent”, Yondani Butt has received acclamation from critics and audiences for his many CD recordings and concert performances. He died on 28th August 2014.
“Anyone seeking these two symphonies on one disc, together with a generous ‘filler’ into the bargin, could hardly do better than to acquire this eminently recommendable issue” Robert Matthew-Walker, International Record Review on the original release of Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 on NI6163 in 2012