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Suk - Symphony No.2 ’Asrael’ Op.27 | BIS BISSACD1776

Suk - Symphony No.2 ’Asrael’ Op.27

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISSACD1776

Barcode: 7318599917764

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 27th July 2009

Contents

Artists

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Claus Peter Flor

Works

Suk, Josef

Asrael Symphony in C minor, op.27

Artists

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Claus Peter Flor

About

Josef Suk began writing his Asrael Symphony in 1904 as a memorial to his revered teacher Antonin Dvorak, who had recently died. He had completed the first three movements when, in 1905, his young wife Otylka – the daughter of Dvorak – also passed away. Devastated, the composer turned the work into a requiem for the two, completing it in 1906. He gave it the subtitle Asrael, the angel of death, who in the Islamic faith leads the souls of the departed to paradise.

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