Charles Gounod: Symphonien Nr.1 & 2 on CD
Symphonien Nr.1 & 2
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
- Artists:
- Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä, Patrick Gallois
- Label:
- Naxos
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2004
- Item number:
- 1158997
- UPC/EAN:
- 0747313246328
- Release date:
- 31.7.2006
It is a little known fact that Bizet's Symphony No. 1 (Naxos 8.553027), now regarded as a minor masterpiece, was closely modelled on his teacher Gounod's Symphony No. 1, only rediscovered in the 1950s and still unaccountably neglected. Anyone familiar with Bizet's Symphony will recognize the melodic and rhythmic similarities of the delightfully vivacious outer movements, the wistful slow movements, and the drone-bass effect of the third movements. Gounod's Symphony No. 2, a more ambitious and elaborate work, particularly in its wind instrumentation, is more in the style of Beethoven or Mendelssohn.
Reviews
W.Schreiber in FonoForum 07/01: "Klassischer Zuschnitt und französische "clarté" gehen hier Hand in Hand; zudem zeigt Gounod ein ausgesprochenes Flair für Ballett-Anklänge - das tönt zuweilen, als würde er das Orchester mit schelmischer Lust auf der Bühne tanzen lassen. Die Sinfonia Finlandia bringt unter Patrick Gallois die rechte Spiellust mit - vital, spritzig und hervorragend gelaunt, so dass zuweilen der Eindruck entstehen könnte, dass diese Musik, wenn sie einmal losgelassen, fast von alleine abspult."Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 Symphony No. 1 in D major: I. Allegro molto
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2 Symphony No. 1 in D major: II. Allegretto moderato
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3 Symphony No. 1 in D major: III. Scherzo: Non troppo presto
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4 Symphony No. 1 in D major: IV. Finale: Adagio # Allegro vivace
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5 Symphony No. 2 in E flat major: I. Adagio - Allegro agitato
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6 Symphony No. 2 in E flat major: II. Larghetto (non troppo)
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7 Symphony No. 2 in E flat major: III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
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8 Symphony No. 2 in E flat major: IV. Finale: Allegro, leggiero assai
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