Gerard Schwarz / Seattle SO -Sinfonien 4+9 -Naxos CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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01. Seattle Symphony Orchestra "Symphony No. 4: I. Crotchet = 72"

02. Seattle Symphony Orchestra "Symphony No. 4: II. Tenderly, simply"

03. Seattle Symphony Orchestra "Symphony No. 4: III. Crotchet = 144"

04. Schwarz, Gerard "Orchestra Song"

05. Schwarz, Gerard "Circus Overture"

06. Seattle Symphony Orchestra "Symphony No. 9, "Le fosse ardeatine": I. Anteludium"

07. Seattle Symphony Orchestra "Symphony No. 9, "Le fosse ardeatine": II. Offertorium"

08. Seattle Symphony Orchestra "Symphony No. 9, "Le fosse ardeatine": III. Postludium"

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Symphony No.4 & 9 by Nathalie Stutzmann, released 30 May 2005. This version of Symphony No.4 & 9 comes as a 1xCD. - SEATTLE S.O./SCHWARZ

This is the opening salvo of Naxos's planned series of William Schuman's ten symphonies, central to a career in which the brassy energy of his music made him a leading figure in American music for over three decades. The Fourth Symphony, premiered some six weeks after Pearl Harbor, is an optimistic piece with a slow movement both warm and sad and outer movements capped by dense textures and blazing brass. The Ninth is subtitled "The Ardeatine Caves," reflects the composer's thoughts on a visit to that site of a Nazi World War II atrocity. It's a much tougher piece than the Fourth, the three continuous movements encapsulating a cascade of fast-changing ideas and brass and percussion-laden climaxes. Two brief works separate the symphonies: the catchy folk-based Orchestral Song, and the brightly energetic Circus Overture, originally intended for a Broadway revue. Schwarz and his orchestra deliver stylishly apt performances of all these works, making one look forward to the rest of the series.

Recorded at the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, in September 2003 and March 2004 (Tracks 1-3); March 2004 (Tracks 4-5); November 2003 and February 2004 (Tracks 6-8). Made in Canada.

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8559254

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