R. Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler) ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Marin Alsop

• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring" (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler):
• 1 Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring" (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler): I. Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace 11:20
• 2 Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring" (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler): II. Larghetto 06:51
• 3 Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring" (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler): III. Scherzo. Molto vivace 05:21
• 4 Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring" (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler): IV. Allegro animato e grazioso 08:02
• Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler):
• 5 Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler): I. Sostenuto assai 12:47
• 6 Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler): II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace 06:43
• 7 Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler): III. Adagio espressivo 09:21
• 8 Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler): IV. Allegro molto vivace 08:25
• Total Runtime 01:08:50

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Robert Schumann’s works lie at the centre of German Romanticism, with an essentially lyrical style that reflects his quintessential place among the great German composers. From 1840 Schumann switched from writing, primarily, piano music and Lieder, to writing orchestral music, with the joyful First Symphony written in just four days, and the uplifting tone of the Second Symphony a remarkable triumph over depression and illness. But the effectiveness of Schumann’s orchestration in his symphonies has been the cause of much debate. Gustav Mahler’s re-orchestrations from the early 1900s provide models of tasteful modification that are suited to the larger orchestras of today. ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop, conductor

Marin Alsop
is an inspiring and powerful voice in the international music scene, a Music Director of vision and distinction who passionately believes that "music has the power to change lives". She is recognised across the world for her innovative approach to programming and for her deep commitment to education and to the development of audiences of all ages. The 2021/22 season marks Alsop’s third as Chief Conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, which she leads at Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein, and on recordings, broadcasts and tours.

As Chief Conductor and Curator of Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, she also curates and conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming summer residencies, formalizing her long relationship with Ravinia, where she made her debut with the orchestra in 2002.

In 2021, Alsop became Music Director Laureate and OrchKids Founder at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. This concludes her outstanding 14-year tenure as Music Director, when she led the orchestra on its first European tour in 13 years, on multiple award-winning recordings and in more than two dozen world premieres, besides founding OrchKids, its successful music education program for the city’s most disadvantaged youth. Appointed in 2020 as the first Music Director of the National Orchestral Institute + Festival (NOI+F), a program of the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, she will lead a newly formed conductor academy and conduct multiple concerts each June with the NOI+F Philharmonic. In 2019, after seven years as Music Director, Alsop became Conductor of Honour of Brazil’s São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP), where she continues conducting major projects each season.

Alsop has longstanding relationships with the London Philharmonic and London Symphony orchestras, and regularly guest conducts such major international ensembles as the Cleveland Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Budapest Festival and Royal Concertgebouw orchestras. In 2019-20 she returned to the Philadelphia Orchestra, Danish National Symphony and Orchestre de Paris, whose season she opened in September 2020.

Recognized with multiple Gramophone Awards, Alsop’s extensive discography includes recordings for Decca, Harmonia Mundi and Sony Classical, and acclaimed Naxos cycles of Brahms with the London Philharmonic, Dvořák with the Baltimore Symphony, and Prokofiev with the São Paulo Symphony. Committed to new music, she was Music Director of California’s Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music for 25 years.

The first and only conductor to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, Alsop has also been honored with the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award and made history as the first female conductor of the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms. Amongst many other awards and academic positions, she serves as 2020 Artist-in-Residence at Vienna’s University of Music and Performing Arts, is Director of Graduate Conducting at the Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute and holds Honorary Doctorates from Yale University and the Juilliard School. To promote and nurture the careers of her fellow female conductors, in 2002 she founded the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship, which was renamed in her honor as the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship in 2020.

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