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Schumann - Symphony No.1, Overtures  | BIS BISSACD1569

Schumann - Symphony No.1, Overtures

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISSACD1569

Barcode: 7318599915692

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th January 2008

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This disc is part of a recording project entitled 'Opening Doors', in which Thomas Dausgaard and the 38 players of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra together explore the Romantic symphonic repertoire. This project will include a complete Schumann Symphony cycle, of which this disc forms part.
 
Included here are Schumann’s very first endeavours in the symphonic genre, beginning with the Zwickau Symphony from 1832-33. Of the two completed movements, only the first was ever performed in the composer’s lifetime. That is also the one recorded here, performed from a copy of the manuscript score.
 
The programme is completed by two overtures: one composed for Genoveva (Schumann’s only opera) and the other for Schiller’s tragedy The Bride of Messina.
 
The first volume – which included the original version of Symphony No. 4 – was greeted with acclaim by the critics, receiving special recommendations from BBC Music Magazine and The Sunday Times.

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