Vassily Sinaisky - Symphony 2 / Fuga Solemnis - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Franz Schmidt' Third Symphony was composed in 1927-28, dedicated to and premiered by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, winning a first prize from the Columbia Graphophone Company of New York. Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro Molto Moderato 2. II. Adagio 3. III. Scherzo Allegro Vivace - Molto Piu Tranquillo 4. IV. Lento - Allegro Vivace 5. Chaconne in D minor

Album Tracks 1. Suite from 'The Golden Mountains', Op.30 I. Introduction. Moderato 2. Suite from 'The Golden Mountains', Op.30 II. Waltz. Andante - Piu Mosso/Iii. Fugue. Largo - Allegro 3. Suite from 'The Golden Mountains', Op.30 IV. Intermezzo. Andante 4. Suite from 'The Golden Mountains', Op.30 V. Funeral March. Largo 5. Suite from 'The Golden Mountains', Op.30 VI. Finale. Largo 6. Suite from 'The Gadfly', Op.97 I. Overture. Moderato Con Moto 7. Suite from 'The Gadfly', Op.97 II. Contradance. Moderato 8. Suite from 'The Gadfly', Op.97 III. Folk Festival 9. Suite from 'The Gadfly', Op.97 IV. Interlude. Adagio 10. Suite from 'The Gadfly', Op.97 V. Barrel-Organ Waltz. Allegretto 11. Suite from 'The Gadfly', Op.97 VI. Galop. Allegro 12. Suite from 'The Gadfly', Op.97 VII. Introduction. Andantino 13. Suite from 'The Gadfly', Op.97 VIII. Romance. Allegro Moderato - Andante Con Moto 14. Suite from 'The Gadfly', Op.97 IX. Intermezzo. Andante - Moderato - Tempo I 15. Suite from 'The Gadfly', Op.97 X. Nocturne. Moderato 16. Suite from 'The Gadfly', Op.97 XI. Scene. Moderato 17. XII. Finale. Allegro Non Troppo - Allegro Vivace - Moderato Con Moto 18. 'Volochayev Days', Op.48 I. Overture. Allegretto 19. 'Volochayev Days', Op.48 II. the Japanese Attack. Allegretto 20. 'Volochayev Days', Op.48 III. (Fragment.) Allegro - Maestoso - Meno Mosso

Franz Schmidt' finely crafted Symphony No. 1, grandiose in scale and optimistic in mood, recalls the masterpieces of other great Romantic composers, Brahms, Bruckner and Reger, and won the Beethoven Prize in 1900. His opera Notre Dame, based on Victor Hugo's novel, was first staged in Vienna in 1914, and won him an international reputation. Under Vassily Sinaisky the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, whose other Naxos recordings have been highly praised, makes a strong case for the revival of Schmidt's strangely neglected, yet sumptuous and deeply satisfying music. Album Tracks 1. Sehr Langsam - Sehr Lebhaft 2. Langsam 3. Schnell Und Leicht 4. Lebhaft, Doch Nicht Zu Schnell 5. Act 1. Introduction 6. Act 1. Interlude 7. Act 1. Carnival Music