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Farrenc: Symphony No 1; Overtures
8.574094 (Naxos, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 58'23"
Tracks: 7
Booklet pages: 6
© 2020 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Main country of recording: LU
Country of manufacture: DE
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Farrenc: Symphony No 1; Overtures published on 10 March 2020
Listen: Louise Farrenc: Finale (Symphony No 1) (track 4, 0:00-0:58)
Jean Muller, piano
Solistes Européens, Luxembourg
Christoph König, conductor
Louise Farrenc (1804-1875):
Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 32 (1841)
1 Andante sostenuto - Allegro
2 Adagio cantabile
3 Menuetto: Moderato
4 Finale: Allegro assai
5 Overture No 1 in E minor, Op 23 (1834)
6 Overture No 2 in E flat, Op 24 (1834)
7 Grand Varations on a Theme by Count Gallenberg, Op 25 (version for piano and orcheatra) (circa 1838) (first recording)
Recorded 13 November 2017 (tracks 1-4) and 26 November 2018 at the Grand Auditorium, Philharmonie, Luxembourg