Artist: Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
Album: Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2016
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:07:34
Total Tracks: 8
Total Size: 1,12 GB

Tracklist:

1-01. Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado – Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”: I. Andante con moto-Allegro un poco agitato (16:11)
1-02. Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado – Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”: II. Vivace non troppo (04:29)
1-03. Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado – Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”: III. Adagio (09:45)
1-04. Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado – Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”: IV. Allegro vivacissimo-Allegro maestoso assai (09:55)
1-05. Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado – Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 “Italian” I. Allegro vivace: I. Allegro vivace (10:29)
1-06. Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado – Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 “Italian” I. Allegro vivace: II. Andante con moto (05:07)
1-07. Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado – Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 “Italian” I. Allegro vivace: III. Con moto moderato (06:16)
1-08. Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado – Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 “Italian” I. Allegro vivace: IV. Presto and Finale. Saltarello (05:20)

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In later life, Mendelssohn always opposed the use of the terms ‘Scottish’ and ‘Italian’ for his symphonies in A minor and A major respectively, as if to emphasise their qualities as ‘pure’ music. Yet they were directly inspired by his European Grand Tour of 1829-32: from the gloomy ruins of Holyrood Abbey to the sun-drenched landscapes of Rome and Naples, his imagination fashioned masterpieces that have seldom been surpassed for their sense of orchestral colour, vividly brought out here by the period instruments of the Freiburger Barockorchester.