Composer: Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
Performer: Marina Prudenskaja
Orchestra: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
Conductor: Frank Beermann
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 777223-2
Release: 2009
Size: 273 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Symphony No. 1 ‘Tragic’
01. I. Massig, mit majestat
02. II. Leicht und so schnell als moglich
03. III. Ziemlich langsam
04. IV. Ziemlich gehalten
4 Bet- und Bussgesänge
05. No. 1, O wie ist die Barmherzigkeit des Herrn so gross
06. No. 2, Willst du Gottes Diener sein
07. No. 3, Alles, was aus der Erde stammt
08. No. 4, Tod, wie bitter bist du
Austrian composer Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek is mostly remembered for his overture to the opera Donna Diana, but the rest of his creative output is rarely recorded or performed.
CPO has started a project to record all of Reznicek’s orchestral works and their journey continues with the ‘Tragic’ First Symphony which was lost for ninety years and only resurfaced during the 1980s. The symphony is intended as absolute music, using a single idea and repeating it in various forms. It does not have a programme as such and merely uses ‘tragic’ as a title.