Schumann: Complete Symphonic Works Vol. VI: Symphony in G minor ‘Zwickauer’ & Overtures

Easily one of the most attractive collections of this music…Holliger’s clear-sighted interpretations, revealed in sound that is focused without being over-analytical — Gramophone Magazine, August 2016 More…

Release Date: 22nd Apr 2016
Catalogue No: AUDITE97705
Label: Audite
Series: Schumann Complete Symphonic Works
Length: 75 minutes

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Schumann: Manfred, Op. 115

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Heinz Holliger

Overture

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Schumann: Symphony in G minor 'Zwickau'

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Heinz Holliger

I. Allegro molto (Leipzig Version)

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II. Andantino assai quasi Allegretto

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Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3

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Heinz Holliger

Overture

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Schumann: Hermann and Dorothea, Op. 136

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Heinz Holliger

Overture

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Excerpt, Schumann: Genoveva

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Heinz Holliger

Overture

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

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Heinz Holliger

Overture

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Schumann: Julius Caesar, Op. 128

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Heinz Holliger

Overture

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Concluding audite’s Schumann edition, this CD combines the first symphony with the late overtures, whose compactness displays the composer’s symphonic mastery.

The overtures, all written after 1847, represent an essential complement to the symphonies: seen in relation to the symphonies, they take a similar position as do the Konzertstücke relative to the concertos. Schumann conceived them partly as preludes to operas, oratorios or incidental works, partly as independent pieces. On the one hand, they were intended to provide “an image of the whole”; on the other, their purpose was to introduce, leading into the drama. Beside larger- and smaller-scale vocal works, and alongside the poetic renewal of the symphony, they bear testimony to the great significance of literature in Schumann’s musical thought and style.

The overtures are supplemented with Schumann’s first symphony, the so-called “Zwickau”. It was the composer’s first attempt in the symphonic form to be performed publicly, even though the work remained incomplete.

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August 2016

Easily one of the most attractive collections of this music…Holliger’s clear-sighted interpretations, revealed in sound that is focused without being over-analytical

28th April 2016

an impressive vehicle for rising cellist Nicolas Altstaedt. This is one of only a few available recordings of the Weinberg, written in 1948 but left unplayed until after Stalin’s death, and Altstaedt’s muscular playing does justice to a distinctive, powerful piece.

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