Korngold, E W - Symphony / Songs of Farewell - Downes, Edward (conductor)

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BETYG: *****
LJUDKVALITET: *****
(Opus)

Downes’s insightful reading (and the BBC Philharmonic’s impeccable playing) is all that the discerning Korngold collector could wish for, especially when coupled with Linda Finnie’s rapt and majestic account of the Lieder des Abshieds cycle.
(Gramophone)

Scored for large forces – the rare Symphony in F Sharp major is a work of real imaginative power and ranks alongside the major symphonic works of Mahler and Bruckner; with a powerful and deeply felt slow movement of grandiose character. Coupled with the exquisite yet, rarely performed Lieder des Abshieds a cycle of four orchestral songs are much earlier and completed in 1920; clearly influenced by Strauss, Mahler and Zemlinsky and performed here with the persuasive soloist, Linda Finnie. Conducted by Edward Downes, the BBC Philharmonic performs with enthusiasm and sensitivity.
Linda Finnie, contralto
BBC Philharmonic/Edward Downes
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Lieder des Abshieds (Songs of Farewell), Op 14

Symphony in F sharp major, Op 40