Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks Mariss Jansons - Symphony 3 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In the first half of the eighteenth century Milan was one of music's world capitals, and was the center of Italian instrumental music. It can be considered the starting point of a genre that would redefine music all over the world- the sonata. Milanese musicians were long forgotten but nowadays, thanks to musicological investigation and studies, they have been revalued. This new VERMEER presents a series of Sonatas for flute and continuo all from Milanese composers; beginning from Giuseppe Sammartini who was also an appreciate oboe performer, Carlo Zuccari violinist from Casalmaggiore and who worked for long time in Milan, and Giovanni Andrea Fioroni, Milanese cathedral choirmaster from 1747 to his death. All of them gave a significant contribution to Milanese instrumental music. The four Sammartini Sonatas are very relevant and were likely composed before Sammartini left for London in 1728. They are performed by Mario Carbotta. This VERMEER is a combination of beauty and musical value. Album Tracks 1. Sonata in C Major 2. Sonata in G Major 3. Sonata in D Major 4. Sonata in a Minor 5. Sonata in G Major 6. Flute Sonata in D Major

Schumann Symphony No. 1 - Schubert Symphony No. 3 - The two orchestral works on this new album from BR-KLASSIK reflect early experiments with the symphonic genre by Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann, who would both later become such important Romantic composers. In his Third Symphony in D major, D. 200, written in the early summer of 1815 and probably first performed at a private concert, the eighteen-year-old Schubert emancipated himself from the style copies of his First and Second Symphonies and finally found his own musical expression. None of his symphonies would be heard in public during his lifetime, however; the Third was first performed as late as 1881 in London, where it was immediately received with great enthusiasm. Schumann's First Symphony in B flat major, op 38 (after an unfinished symphony he wrote in his youth) was an impressive success for the 31-year-old composer. Two months after it's completion, in January 1841, the work was premiered by Felix Mendelssohn at the Leipzig Gewandhaus to great public acclaim. Both works emanate youthful freshness and a profoundly positive attitude to life. Robert Schumann's InchSpring SymphonyInch, which he said was Inchborn in a fiery hourInch, took him just four days to sketch out. Schubert's Third Symphony was composed in only nine days, and, with it's dance-like effervescence and enthusiasm, could equally well have been called a InchSpring SymphonyInch by his contemporaries. Album Tracks 1. Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38, InchSpringInch 2. I. Andante Un Poco Maestoso - Allegro Molto Vivace - 11 17 3. II. Larghetto - 07 03 4. III. Scherzo Molto Vivace - 05 38 5. IV. Allegro Animato E Grazioso - 08 39 6. Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200 7. I. Adagio Maestoso - Allegro Con Brio - 09 32 8. II. Allegretto - 04 30 9. III. Menuetto Vivace - 04 04 10. IV. Presto Vivace - 07 15

Increasingly, Shostakovich's music is captivating people all over the world and appealing to their deepest emotions. Almost like no other, it bears witness to a traumatic political epoch while remaining a timeless expression of existential human feeling and experience. For me personally, said conductor Mariss Jansons, who died last year, InchShostakovich is one of the most serious and sincere composers of them all.Inch After the Sixth, Seventh, and Tenth Symphonies, BR-KLASSIK is now also releasing the Fifth Symphony by this important composer - performed live by the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under it's long-time chief conductor Mariss Jansons. After accusations of formalism directed against Shostakovich in a critical Pravda article had forced the composer to withdraw his Fourth Symphony (it remained shelved until after Stalin's death), the Fifth, written in 1937, was a phenomenal success. It premiered on November 21, 1937 under the young conductor Yevgeny Mravinsky in the Great Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic. During the applause, which it seemed would never end, Mravinsky waved the score above his head for a good half hour - making it quite clear that the applause was for Shostakovich alone. Officially, the work was interpreted as the return of a prodigal son to the guidelines of Stalinist cultural policy. To this day the music has lost none of it's fascination, and the Fifth Symphony ranks as one of Shostakovich's best-known works. Album Tracks 1. Moderato - Allegro Non Troppo 2. Allegretto 3. Largo 4. Allegro Non Troppo