Schumann - Florestan & Eusebius: Symphony no.4 (1841 & 1851 versions) | Orchid Classics ORC100257

Schumann - Florestan & Eusebius: Symphony no.4 (1841 & 1851 versions)

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Label: Orchid Classics

Cat No: ORC100257

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 22nd September 2023

Contents

Artists

Bucharest Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

John Axelrod

Works

Schumann, Robert

Symphony no.4 in D minor, op.120 (1841 version)
Symphony no.4 in D minor, op.120

Artists

Bucharest Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

John Axelrod

About

The Bucharest Symphony and Principal Conductor John Axelrod present a unique recording of both versions of Schumann's Fourth Symphony: the original version, composed and premiered in 1841 and published nearly 50 years later with the help of Johannes Brahms, and the revised 1851 version, completed three years before his untimely death, and defended and protected by his widow, Clara Schumann. The recording brings both side-by-side to show the different facets of Schumann’s character, as he himself put it: ‘Florestan the wild’ and ‘Eusebius the mild’.

Principal Conductor of the Bucharest Symphony since 2022, John Axelrod explains that the focus of this project is to ‘delve deeply into Robert Schumann’s life, his love, and his long struggle with mental health. These two publications, one written during a manic creative year and the other in the depths of his emotional despair, provide for me the most telling representation of this radical romantic. I hope to share this musical discovery with my fellow musicians, our audience and listeners. Ultimately, we may learn something new about this extraordinary man.’

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