Credits:

Renaud Capucon

Description:

The famous Schumann symphonies & overtures by Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra are now available as a set! The Swedish Chamber Orchestra with Schumann's Symphonies and Overtures in a new set! The recordings of Schumann's symphonies and overtures by Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra are a unique blend of vivid orchestration with a modern sensibility. The 4th Symphony includes both the original and current versions. The set also includes the overture, which is rarely heard. The small, transparent sound of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra renews Schumann's image, which has been described as "gray orchestration. The duo's recordings are masterpieces! Brahms' complete symphonies (KKC-6443/6 / BIS SA-2556), Mendelssohn's Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 "Scotland" (KKC-6432 / BIS SA-2469), the Brandenburg Concertos with new commissions by six composers, and the The Brandenburg Project" (KKC-6359/61 / BIS SA-2199), both of which were specially selected by Record Geijutsu magazine.The complete works of Schubert's symphonies (BIS SA-2514) are also highly acclaimed, especially Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D.485 (BIS SA-1786) and Symphony No. 8 in B minor "Unfinished", D.759 (BIS SA-1656), both of which were selected as the best one disc in the special feature "Famous Discs of the New Era 500" of Record Geijutsu magazine. The two pieces were selected as the best one disc in the special issue of Record Geijutsu magazine "500 Masterpieces of the New Era", and are attracting attention as the first among the many masterpieces of the same piece. King International Inc.

Tracklisting:

1.Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 (Spring Symphony)~Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace
2.Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 (Spring Symphony)~Larghetto -
3.Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 (Spring Symphony)~Scherzo. Molto vivace
4.Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 (Spring Symphony)~Allegro animato e grazioso
5.Overture to Schiller's 'Braut von Messina', Op. 100
6.Overture to the opera 'Genoveva', Op. 81~Adagio - Appassionato, agitato
7.'Zwickau Symphony' in G minor~[Fragment: first movement] Moderato - Allegro
8.Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52~Overture. Andante con moto - Allegro
9.Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52~Scherzo. Vivo
10.Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52~Finale. Allegro molto vivace
11.Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120~Langsam - Lebhaft