Browse: Huber, H (composer), Symphonies

Just take this for what it is: as an unfamiliar symphony for orchestral with violin solo. The mature solo violin part is Brahmsian (somehow emphasised by woodland birdcalls) and recorded with... — MusicWeb International More…

Indeed, right from the impressively cohesive first movement, the work is full of buoyant, life-affirming energy (Huber said he was constantly thinking "spring thoughts" while composing it) that... — Classics Today More…

So airy is some of the orchestration that we are almost into Berlioz at his most impressionistic as in Symphonie Fantastique. Set off against this a Brahmsian gravitas. The performance is excellent... — MusicWeb International More…

Both works are most affectionately pointed and spun by Weigle and the Stuttgarters who must know more about Huber and his style than any other orchestra. This is after all their fourth Huber... — MusicWeb International More…