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SCHUBERT, F./BRAHMS, J./SCHUMANN, R./MENDELSSOHN, F.: Great Romantic Symphonies ( 25 Years of Naxos) |
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Composer: |
Camille Saint-Saens, Franz Schubert, Gustav Mahler, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Hector Berlioz, Antonin Dvorak, Richard Strauss, Johannes Brahms, Anton Bruckner, Cesar Franck |
Artist: |
Sidney Green, Imrich Szabo, Hans Fagius, Christian Schmitt |
Conductor: |
Istvan Kertesz, Neville Marriner, Victor De Sabata, Kurt Masur, Charles Mackerras, Markus Stenz, Marin Alsop, James DePreist, Arturo Toscanini, Leopold Stokowski, Mariss Jansons, Willem Mengelberg, Herbert von Karajan, Sylvain Cambreling, Michael Halasz, Kenneth Jean, Vladimir Jurowski, Erich Kleiber, Varujan Kojian, Zdenek Kosler, Adrian Leaper, Rafael Kubelik, Klaus Tennstedt, Rudolf Kempe, Andrew Manze, Hans Knappertsbusch, Adrian Boult, Karl Bohm, Kurt Sanderling, Franz Konwitschny, Pierre Monteux, Jascha Horenstein, Otto Klemperer, Thomas Fey, Mario Klemens, David Zinman, Bertrand de Billy, Anthony Bramall, Thomas Dausgaard, Oliver Dohnanyi, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Ondrej Lenard, Gunter Neuhold, Alexander Rahbari, Reinhard Seifried, Constantin Silvestri, Pinchas Steinberg, Yoav Talmi, Georg Tintner, Johannes Wildner, Eugen Jochum, Grzegorz Nowak, Leonard Slatkin, Carlo Maria Giulini, Michael Gielen, Roger Norrington, Antoni Wit, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, John Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Haitink, Leo Blech, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Roberto Benzi, Daniel Raiskin, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, George Szell, Thomas Beecham, Kirill Kondrashin, Andrew Litton, Christoph Eschenbach, Guido Cantelli, Ivan Anguelov, Simone Young, Herbert Kegel, Frank Beermann, Paul Magi, Francois-Xavier Roth |
Orchestra: |
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice, Philharmonia Cassovia, Weimar Staatskapelle, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Strings, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra, South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Schumann Philharmonie, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra , Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra , Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Lyon National Orchestra, RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Curtis Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Rhenish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra |
Label: |
Naxos |
Catalogue No.: |
8.501057 |
Format: |
CD |
Barcode: |
0730099105743 |
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The word ‘symphony’ is used to describe an extended orchestral composition in Western classical music. By the eighteenth century the Italianate opera sinfonia—musical interludes between operas or concertos—had assumed the structure of three contrasting movements, and it is this form that is often considered as the direct forerunner of the orchestral symphony. With the rise of established professional orchestras, the symphony assumed a more prominent place in concert life between 1790 and 1820 until it eventually came to be regarded by many as the yardstick by which one would measure a composer’s achievement.
The nineteenth century brought various changes to the symphonic form. Although both inspired by Beethoven, Berlioz’s experiments with instrumental colour and orchestral size are a world away from the colossal symphonies of Brahms. Composers such as Mahler and Bruckner pushed the traditional symphonic landscapes to their limits, in sharp contrast to the uplifting Classically based symphonies of Mendelssohn and Schubert. The nationalistic flavours apparent in the programme symphonies of Schumann, Strauss and Dvořák exemplify the way in which the symphonic form flourished in the Romantic era, whilst the visceral impact of the Gallic panache is typified by the symphonies of Franck and Saint-Saëns.
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