Hans Gál: Symphony No. 1 & Schumann: Symphony No. 1

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[The Gal is] an intriguingly symphony, late Romantic in style, balanced precariously on the cliff-edged of expressionism...Wood's pairing of Gal's Symphonies with Schumann's isn't obvious, but... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 3rd Mar 2014
Catalogue No: AV2233
Label: Avie
Length: 61 minutes

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Gál, H: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 30

Work length31:18

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Orchestra of the Swan
Kenneth Woods

I. Moderato

Track length10:50

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II. Burleske

Track length5:19

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III. Elegie

Track length8:38

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IV. Rondo

Track length6:31

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

Work length29:43

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Orchestra of the Swan
Kenneth Woods

I. Andante un poco maestoso – Allegro molto vivace

Track length10:33

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II. Larghetto

Track length6:16

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III. Scherzo: Molto vivace – Trio

Track length4:49

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IV. Allegro animato e grazioso

Track length8:05

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Kenneth Woods and Orchestra of the Swan make musical history by completing the first-ever recorded cycle of the Symphonies of Hans Gál, pairing the composer’s First with that of Robert Schumann. Vienna-born Gál’s Symphony No. 1 was written in 1927 when the composer was at the height of his powers, belying the turbulent central European events which would forever affect him in the coming years. The music is bold, uninhibited and persuasive. The writing is virtuosic and the orchestration is colourful. Gál’s First Symphony reflects the essence of his compositional voice, to which he remained true throughout his nearly century-long life. As today’s most committed champion of Hans Gál’s music, which remained relatively dormant throughout the 20th century, Kenneth Woods has captured the imagination and introduced a new generation to Gál’s wide-ranging and extensive oeuvre. He continues his coupling with the Symphonies of Gal’s forebear, Robert Schumann, with the 19th-century composer’s exuberant First, the “Spring” Symphony, composed some eight decades earlier.

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June 2014

[The Gal is] an intriguingly symphony, late Romantic in style, balanced precariously on the cliff-edged of expressionism...Wood's pairing of Gal's Symphonies with Schumann's isn't obvious, but it works...Yet some of the playing could be a little more polished.

6th June 2014

The Swans could avail themselves of no better conductor for Gál than Woods.

Hans Gál: Symphony No. 1 & Schumann: Symphony No. 1

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