Glazunov's symphonies are a significant cycle within the Russian symphony, to which similar status should be accorded as the today considerably better-known symphonic cycles by his successors...
Raff / Bamberger Symphoniker / Stadlmair Symphonies CD1. Symphony No. 1 in D Major ('An Das Vaterland'), Op. 96: Allegro 2. Symphony No. 1 in D Major ('An Das Vaterland'), Op. 96: Scherzo. Allegro...
Bruckner's Fourth Symphony occupies a special position in Anton Bruckner's symphonic cycle. It heralds the cycle of his "mature" symphonies and with it the composer addressed his audience directly...
For Gustav Mahler, composing his early symphonies meant "building a world". His Ninth, however, seems more concerned with the deconstruction of this world - a look back, a long farewell. In the draft...
When the Bamberg Symphony and their principal conductor Jakub Hrua went on tour in Germany with Mahler's Fourth Symphony in January 2020, no one would have thought that this symphony in particular...