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Rochberg - Symphony No.1 | Naxos - American Classics 8559214

Rochberg - Symphony No.1

£11.78

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Label: Naxos - American Classics

Cat No: 8559214

Barcode: 0636943921425

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st October 2007

Contents

Artists

Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Christopher Lyndon-Gee

Works

Rochberg, George

Symphony no.1

Artists

Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Christopher Lyndon-Gee

About

Although the first, fourth and fifth movements were performed in cut form in March 1958, Rochberg’s Symphony No. 1, the first large-scale work of his career, is here heard complete for the first time. Unlike the anguished Second (Naxos 8.559182), written in the mid-fifties as a delayed response to the awfulness Rochberg saw at first hand in the war years, the First is a young composer’s exultant exploration of his maturing technique and powers of invention.

Rochberg’s teacher, Leopold Mannes, called the Capriccio movement, heard orchestrally for the first time ever in the present performance, “the craziest music I have ever seen!” More than fifty years on, this powerfully individual work has stood the test of time, and of neglect. It is a First Symphony of a young composer who was a natural composer for the orchestra, and a born symphonist.

A memorable, insightful, exquisitely resolved reading, excellently matched by Christopher Lyndon-Gee, whose fine players ensure that Rochberg's German underlay - Berg, Hindemith, Frank Martin - is clearly heard.” The Strad on Rochberg’s Violin Concerto (Naxos 8.559129)

World Premiere Recording.

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