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CD, Schmidt, F (composer)
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Special offer. Franz Schmidt: Complete Symphonies
RecommendedFrankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Järvi is an almost ideal interpreter of this composer, not only managing to bring transparency and luminosity to Schmidt’s often thickly textured orchestration, but also keeping a tight rein... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Orchestral
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The conductor and three of the cast may now be deceased but what, almost 45 years on, remains the only complete account in modern times at least give this flawed opera a fighting chance. — More…
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[Berman invests] sufficient energy and dedication in his interpretations to allow the music to speak directly and fervently to the listener. It ’s also clear that members of the orchestra, the... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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The two Franz Schmidt quartet quartets have been recorded before by the Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet for Preiser though the performances, dating from the 1960s, fell short of distinction. The... — More…
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Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 & Orchestral Music from 'Notre Dame'
Christiaan Louwens (cello) & Ad Welleman (trumpet)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Let there be doubt, Franz Schmidt's Fourth (1933) is one of the finest of 20th-century symphonies...Sinaisky's previous recordings in this series have shown him to be a most sympathetic interpreter...So... — More…
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Dimitri Mitropoulos conducts Schoenberg, Scriabin & Schmidt
RecommendedVienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos
an essential two-disc set for admirers of Dimitri Mitropoulos, the Philharmonic orchestras of New York and Vienna, and, for that matter, 20th century music...muscular, fleet-footed, impassioned... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2009, First Choice
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Franz Schmidt - Complete Symphonies
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Neeme Jarvi play with a freshness and enthusiasm that are totally persuasive. They almost sound Viennese, and the recordings are very good indeed. — More…
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