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SWEDISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA / THOMAS DAUSGAARD
RELEASE LAST DISC IN SCHUMANN CYCLE ON BIS
SCHUMANN
Symphony No.3 in E flat major (‘Rhenish´), Op.97
Symphony No.4 in D minor, Op.120 (final version, 1851)
Overture to ‘Manfred´, Op.115
Hermann und Dorothea, Overture, Op.126
BIS-SACD-1619
The present disc is the fourth of their Opening Doors recordings and at the same time the closing disc of a ‘series within a series´ — a triptych featuring Schumann´s complete symphonies. Previous instalments have been praised for the freshness of the interpretations. ‘A brilliant recording, which overturns common and oft-repeated judgements regarding Schumann the symphonist´ was the reaction of German website Klassik Heute, while the review of the second disc in International Record Review went as far as to comment: ‘If the final disc maintains such excellence, this could well be the Schumann cycle to have.´ ??
Here is that final Schumann disc, which includes the ‘Rhenish´ Symphony (No.3) as well the fourth symphony in its final 1851 version. (The original version was actually composed in 1841 as the composer´s second work in the genre, and is included on BIS-SACD-1519.) Besides the two symphonic works this generously filled disc also includes two shorter pieces. The Manfred overture opens Schumann´s music to Byron´s dramatic poem: regarded by Clara Schumann as ‘one of the most poetic and most gripping of Robert´s pieces´, it is the only part of the extensive score that is regularly performed. In the case of Hermann und Dorothea, it was a work by Goethe that provided the inspiration. Originally conceived as an opera about two lovers in the confusion after the French Revolution, it was in the end reduced to a concert overture, which prominently features the Marseillaise.
The Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Thomas Dausgaard will continue their series on BIS with a recording of Schubert Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 which is planned for release in Autumn 2009. Meanwhile their highly acclaimed recordings of Beethoven´s Orchestral works on Simax will be completed in 2009 with the release of Symhony No. 9 and Piano Concerto no. 5.
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