Franz Schmidt: Complete Symphonies Frankfurt Radio Symphony & Paavo Järvi

• Franz Schmidt (1874 - 1939): Symphony No. 1 in E Major:
• 1 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 1 in E Major: I. Sehr langsam - Sehr lebhaft 12:41
• 2 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 1 in E Major: II. Langsam 11:23
• 3 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 1 in E Major: III. Schnell und leicht 10:46
• 4 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 1 in E Major: IV. Lebhaft, doch nicht zu schnell 10:28
• Symphony No. 2 in E Flat Major:
• 5 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 2 in E Flat Major: I. Lebhaft 14:33
• 6 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 2 in E Flat Major: II. Allegretto con variazioni. Einfach und zart 17:40
• 7 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 2 in E Flat Major: III. Finale. Langsam 13:18
• Notre Dame:
• 8 Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame: Intermezzo 04:40
• Symphony No. 3 in A Major:
• 9 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 3 in A Major: I. Allegro molto moderato 12:54
• 10 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 3 in A Major: II. Adagio 07:36
• 11 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 3 in A Major: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace 07:59
• 12 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 3 in A Major: IV. Lento - Allegro vivace 11:57
• Symphony No. 4 in C Major:
• 13 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 in C Major: I. Allegro molto moderato - Passionato 14:27
• 14 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 in C Major: II. Adagio - Piu lento - Adagio 12:34
• 15 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 in C Major: III. Molto Vivace 07:12
• 16 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 in C Major: IV. Tempo primo un poco sostenuto - Passionato - Tempo primo. Allegro molto moderato 10:21
• Total Runtime 03:00:29

Info for Franz Schmidt: Complete Symphonies

At a time when many of his contemporaries were exploring more fluid structures, Franz Schmidt while perhaps stretching tonal harmony to its limits, continued to embrace 19th-century form and achieved a highly personal synthesis of the diverse traditions of the Austro-German symphony. His language, rather than being wedded to a narrative of dissolution and tragedy is radiant and belligerently optimistic and reveals this scion of largely Hungarian forebears as the last great exponent of the style hongrois after Schubert, Liszt and Brahms.

His work having fallen from prominence, Paavo Järvi and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony's dazzling live performances of all four of his symphonies, and the famous Notre Dame Intermezzo, shine a new light on this fascinating oeuvre and also on an affable and genial soul, and reminds us of the constant need to reappraise and enrich our account of music during the first half of the 20th century.

“A composer of the same lavish style as Mahler, Richard Strauss and Schoenberg, Schmidt fell from prominence having been a composer feted by the Nazis, but his output reminds us of the constant need to reappraise, rewrite and enrich our account of the music of the first half of the 20th century. Paavo Järvi and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony’s dazzling live performances in this album of all four of his symphonies and the famous Notre Dame Intermezzo, shine a light on this fascinating oeuvre.”

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi, conductor

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