Schumann: The Symphonies & Overtures

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Generally, these performances are thrilling, and Bis’s engineering team complements them with equally thrilling recorded sound. If you want a box of Schumann symphonies in something approaching... — Fanfare, July/August 2023 More…

Release Date: 3rd Feb 2023
Catalogue No: BIS2669
Label: BIS
Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

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Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 'Spring'

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

I. Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace

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II. Larghetto

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III. Scherzo. Molto vivace

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IV. Allegro animato e grazioso

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Schumann: Die Braut von Messina: Overture, Op. 100

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Schumann: Genoveva Overture

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Schumann: Symphony in G minor 'Zwickau'

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

I. Moderato - Allegro (Fragment)

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Schumann: Overture, Scherzo, and Finale, Op. 52

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

I. Overture. Andante con moto - Allegro

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II. Scherzo. Vivo

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III. Finale. Allegro molto vivace

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Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

I. Sostenuto assai - Allegro, ma non troppo

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II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

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III. Adagio espressivo

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IV. Allegro molto vivace

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Schumann: Overture to ‘Scenes for Goethe’s Faust’

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Schumann: Overture to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Op. 128

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

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1841 Version
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

I. Andante con moto - Allegro di molto

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II. Romanza. Andante

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III. Scherzo. Presto

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IV. Largo - Finale. Allegro vivace

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Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 'Rhenish'

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

I. Lebhaft

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II. Scherzo. Sehr mässig

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III. Nicht schnell

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IV. Feierlich

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V. Lebhaft

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Schumann: Manfred Overture, Op. 115

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Schumann: Hermann und Dorothea: Overture, Op. 136

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

I. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft

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II. Romanze. Ziemlich langsam

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III. Scherzo. Lebhaft

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IV. Langsam - Lebhaft

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"During their long collaboration (1997 - 2019) Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra developed a project they named ‘Opening Doors’, performing orchestral works from the Romantic era with the smaller-than-usual forces of a chamber orchestra. Due to the often revelatory results of this approach, the team went on to present at concerts around the world and on several recordings. This box set brings together an important chapter of the project: Robert Schumann’s orchestral music, symphonies as well as overtures. In addition to his four symphonies – including both versions of No. 4 – this collection presents the Zwickau Symphony, an early, unfinished work from 1832-33, as well as a divertimento-like sequence of movements, Overture, Scherzo and Finale. Of the six overtures included in the set some are well-known, like the overture to Genoveva, Schumann’s only opera, and the Manfred Overture which Clara Schumann regarded as ‘one of the most poetic and most gripping of Robert’s pieces’. Other, less often heard works will constitute pleasant discoveries. The three discs included in the set were greeted with critical acclaim on their individual releases, earning distinctions in magazines such as Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine and Fono Forum. Summing up the cycle, the reviewer in Fanfare described it as ‘close to being the most thrilling Schumann symphony series on the market, with sawing violins smoking down to the bridge and timpani-like rifle shots.’"

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July/August 2023

Generally, these performances are thrilling, and Bis’s engineering team complements them with equally thrilling recorded sound. If you want a box of Schumann symphonies in something approaching period style, this release should do nicely for you.

Schumann: The Symphonies & Overtures

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