Orchestral, Symphonies, Schmidt, F (composer)
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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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Building a Library, December 2022, Recommended Recording - Beethoven 9
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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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This is a golden performance…the opening is a transparent babbling brook…strings sweep forward in far from generic melody…[the central variations] balance sweetness with will-o’-the-wisp fantasy... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, Recording of the month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Orchestral
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Schmidt, F: Symphony No. 4 in C major, etc.
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Orchestral
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Special offer. 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: the Book With Seven Seals; Symphony No. 4
Julius Patzak (tenor), Otto Wiener, Hanny Steffek, Hertha Töpper, Erich Majkut, Frederick Guthrie, Franz Illenberger, Graz Cathedral Choir, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Anton Lippe, Rudolf Moralt
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Despite some celebrated past recordings, Franz Schmidt's symphonies have never quite made it into the musical premier league. It is not through lack of championship nor the quality of the works... — More…
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…the Second Symphony… remains that rare combination, a work of tremendous immediate appeal and a compositional tour de force. Sinaisky and the Malmö Symphony get into the swing of Schmidt's... — More…
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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…
