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ROBERT SCHUMANN Complete Symphonies Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Phliippe Herreweghe

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HMG508190.91

Excerpt:Symphonie n°2 op.61. I. Allegro

1841-1851: ten years elapsed between the premieres of the most popular symphonies of Robert Schumann. Commentators have long deplored the ‘thickness' of the composer's orchestration; however, performance on period instruments not only demonstrates conclusively that this is not the case, but also underlines even more clearly the duality of his personality. From the ‘Spring' to the dark presentiments of the ‘Rhenish', should we not see Schumann's extraordinarily dense counterpoint as the reflection of his inner demons?

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ROBERT SCHUMANN [1810-1856]
Symphonie n°1 op.38 en Si bémol majeur "Printemps"
B flat major / B-Dur

· I. Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace (11'48)
· II. Larghetto (6'05)
· III. Scherzo. Molto vivace - Trios I [moto più vivace] & II (5'46)
· IV. Finale. Allegro animato e grazioso (8'38)
Symphonie n°2 op.61 en Ut majeur / C major / C-Dur
· I. Allegro (12'56)
· II. Scherzo (6'55)
· III. Adagio (8'50)
· IV. Finale. Allegro (8'44)


Symphonie n°3 op.97 en Mi bémol majeur "Rhénane"
E flat major / Es-Dur

· I. Lebhaft [Vivace] (9'58)
· II. Scherzo. Sehr mässig (5'35)
· III. Nicht schnell [Andante] (5'03)
· IV. Feierlich [Maestoso] (5'08)
· V. Finale. Lebhaft (5'50)
Symphonie n°4 op.120 en ré mineur / D minor / d-Moll
· I. Introduction. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft (11'31)
· II. Romanze. Ziemlich langsam (3'56)
· III. Scherzo. Lebhaft (7'07)
· IV. Finale : Andante - Lebhaft (8'16)

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