Composer: Robert Schumann
Orchestra: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Challenge Classics
Catalogue: CC72959
Release: 2024
Size: 557 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 ‘Rhenish’
01. I. Lebhaft
02. II. Scherzo: Sehr mäßig
03. III. Nicht schnell
04. IV. Feierlich
05. V. Lebhaft
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
06. I. Ziemlich langsam – Lebhaft
07. II. Romanze: Ziemlich langsam
08. III. Scherzo: Lebhaft
09. IV. Langsam – Lebhaft
The second and final instalment in Jan de Vriend’s survey of Robert Schumann’s symphonies. De Vriend conducts the wonderful Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and they both enjoy the fantastic acoustic of the Fartein Valen hall, considered one of the best in the world.
“Such accomplished, high-class music-making makes the imminent follow-up with the Rhenish and Fourth Symphony en enticing prospect.” – Gramophone – UK (on CC 72958 – Symphonies nos. 1 & 2).
“de Vriendstrives for a balance between a magnificent orchestral sound and a transparent polyphony that also seeks to illuminate the complex inner life of Schumann’s orchestral sound with brisk tempi.” – Rondo – DE (on CC 72958 – Symphonies nos. 1 & 2)
“Swagger and elegance.” – BBC Record Review(on CC72958 – Symphonies nos. 1 & 2)