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Symphonies: No. 2 in C; No. 4 in d (1841)/Scenes from Goethe's Faust/Julius Caesar Overture

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From: Fanfare
Date: 20070701
Author:Clarke, Colin

SCHUMANN Symphonies: No. 2 in C; No. 4 in d (1841). Scenes from Goethe's Faust. Julius Caesar Overture * Thomas Dausgaard, cond; Swedish CO * BIS 1519 (Hybrid multichannel SACD: 75:54)

This disc forms part of an ongoing series by the Swedish CO on BIS entitled "Opening Doors." In all there are five discs planned that, as Dausgaard himself puts it, "open the doors to the possibility of hearing this music in a different way." Dausgaard makes the very valid point that the size of the Swedish CO mirrors that of Schumann's Düsseldorf orchestra. With a smaller orchestra than is the norm nowadays, ...

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