Symphonies 1 - 4
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Symphonies 1 - 4
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati
[ LINN SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD ]
Release Date: Monday 28 July 2014
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'Schumann: The Symphonies' sees Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra embark upon their first symphonic cycle together in a programme that they performed in concerts across Scotland.
This is music that is very close to Robin Ticciati's heart; he describes Schumann as one of his favourite composers and has often spoken about how important poetry, colour and story are to Schumann's music.
Symphony No. 1 'Spring', blazes and sparkles with joy, Symphony No. 2 finds its way carefully through to the safe haven of its final movement, the much-loved Symphony No. 3 'Rhenish' moves with huge ease and assurance to a resonant and joyful conclusion. Symphony No. 4 is radical in the way each movement attacks the start of the next movement with barely a pause, and in its minute-and-a-half-long, shimmering and horn-call-filled transition to the finale. Under Ticciati and the SCO it is magnificent, the radical, soaring, disturbing and exhilarating symphony Schumann intended.
"Ticciati clearly knows how he wants this music to go and his strong parnership with the Edinburgh players enables him to shape readings notable for their energy and individuality...Throughout the performances are characterised by a woodwind sweetness that is becoming a trademark of this orchestra." Gramophone Magazine, September 2014
"Perhaps the most impressive thing that Ticciati has done on disc so far. Every bar in these urgent performances with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra seems alive and full of interest...in each symphony there is the sense of careful consideration and total absorption in the music so that not a detail of Schumann's scoring goes missing. Everything flows with total naturalness." The Guardian, 17th September 2014 *****
"The music-making on this splendid album gives abundant evidence of a happy marriage: you don't get playing this focused and vigorous if everyone's in a bad mood...There is lilting flow here, too, plus delicate textures, from the winds especially: all ingredients in performances that make you experience the symphonies' wonders afresh." The Times, 19th September 2014 ****
