Weber: Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 2
byAcademy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields Under Neville Marriner
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- Genre: Classical
- Style: Orchestral, Classical
- Label: ASV / KOCH Dist.
A legendary composer's first, flamboyant steps.
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We Say...
Weber himself is not quite obscure — if you're a regular symphony-goer, you've surely run into one of his opera overtures, or possibly a concerto — but his symphonies are. He wrote only two, during his few months' tenure as Kapellmeister to an oboe-playing duke. Not as dramatic or tightly argued as Beethoven's symphonies, or as tunefully lyrical as Schubert's, Weber's symphonies, written in 1807 when he was just 19, are far quirkier than both. They suggest the master of opera that Weber was to become: listen to the madly plunging gesture that opens the Symphony No. 1 (and the shadowy murmurings that follow, where any other composer would have written a proper first theme), or the atmospheric colorations and lilting tunes in the slow movement of the Symphony No. 2 (a pastoral scene, with the diva just about to step out and deliver her aria). Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields give their all to these flamboyant works.
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Symphony No. 1 in C - 1st movement |
7:13 |
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| 02. | |
Symphony No. 1 in C - 2nd movement |
6:41 |
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| 03. | |
Symphony No. 1 in C - 3rd movement |
4:11 |
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| 04. | |
Symphony No. 1 in C - 4th movement |
7:02 |
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| 05. | |
Symphony No. 2 in C - 1st movement |
9:53 |
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| 06. | |
Symphony No. 2 in C - 2nd movement |
4:45 |
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| 07. | |
Symphony No. 2 in C - 3rd movement |
1:23 |
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| 08. | |
Symphony No. 2 in C - Finale, scherzo; presto |
2:24 |
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08 Total Tracks, 43:32 Total Length
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Credits
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Composers
Carl Maria von Weber -
Other Details
- Conductor:
- Neville Marriner
- Orchestra:
- Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
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