Composer: Woldemar Bargiel
Orchestra: Omsk Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Dmitry Vasilyev
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0277
Release: 2014
Size: 346 MB
Recovery: +3%
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Symphony in C Major, Op. 30
01. I. Allegro energico
02. II. Andante con moto
03. III. Menuett
04. IV. Allegro molto
05. Ouvertüre zu einem Trauerspiell, Op. 18
06. Ouvertüre zu Prometheus, Op. 16
07. Ouvertüre zu Medea, Op.22
Woldemar Bargiel (1824–97) was one of the best-known composers of his day, an important teacher and Clara Schumann’s half-brother, but his music has been largely forgotten.
In this important new recording from the Siberian Symphony Orchestra and its principal conductor Dmitry Vasilyev, Toccata Classics presents the first recordings of his only symphony and his three published orchestral overtures.
The Symphony (1864) has a Beethovenian drive, and the overtures (from 1852, 1856 and 1861), which are symphonic poems in all but name, lie downstream from Schumann, with a Brahmsian weight and power.
This is the fourth CD to emerge from the partnership of the Siberian Symphony Orchestra and Toccata Classics, after releases of music by Shebalin, Spratley and Weinberg. Of the Spratley release, the Classical Reviewer observed: ‘There is some terrific playing from the Siberian Symphony Orchestra under Dmitry Vasiliev’. And on sinfinimusic.com Norman Lebrecht made the CD of Weinberg’s 21st Symphony and suite Polish Tunes his Album of the Week, writing: ‘The Siberian Symphony Orchestra, conductor Dmitry Vasilyev, play as if their lives depend on it and the sound in the Omsk Philharmonic Hall is immaculate’.