Artist: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger
Album: Schumann: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. I
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2013
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 48 kHz
Duration: 01:12:07
Total Tracks: 11
Total Size: 704 MB

Tracklist:

01. WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger – Symphony No.1 in B-flat major, Op.38 ‘Spring’: I. Andante un poco maestoso – Allegro molto vivace (11:17)
02. WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger – Symphony No.1 in B-flat major, Op.38 ‘Spring’: II. Larghetto (05:16)
03. WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger – Symphony No.1 in B-flat major, Op.38 ‘Spring’: III. Scherzo. Molto vivace (05:37)
04. WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger – Symphony No.1 in B-flat major, Op.38 ‘Spring’: IV. Allegro animato e grazioso (09:25)
05. WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger – Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major, Op.52: I. Overture (06:26)
06. WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger – Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major, Op.52: II. Scherzo (04:21)
07. WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger – Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major, Op.52: III. Finale (06:05)
08. WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger – Symphony in D minor (original version 1841): I. Andante con moto – Allegro di molto (08:08)
09. WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger – Symphony in D minor (original version 1841): II. Romanza. Andante (03:45)
10. WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger – Symphony in D minor (original version 1841): III. Scherzo. Presto (06:01)
11. WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger – Symphony in D minor (original version 1841): IV. Largo – Finale. Allegro vivace (05:39)

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This CD launches a complete series of recordings of Robert Schumann’s orchestral works, performed by the WDR Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Heinz Holliger. The series will contain all the symphonies (including both versions of the Fourth) as well as all the overtures and concertos. Holliger’s performances draw on a lifetime study of Schumann’s music, thought, personality and fate. His approach imparts lightness and lucidity to these opulent scores through a hierarchical balance of parts, delicately gradated dynamics and invigorating tempos. The widespread image of this romantic composer as a weak orchestrator receives a refreshing and well-grounded correction.

Volume 1 of the series presents the First Symphony in B-flat major (Op. 38), Overture, Scherzo and Finale (Op. 52) and the original 1841 version of the Fourth Symphony in D minor (Op. 120).