Spohr - Symphonies No.9, No.7 - Shelley

"Louis Spohr stands alongside with Hector Berlioz as a pioneer of the programme symphony in the early Romantic era, with four of such works composed between 1832 and 1850. But while Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and to a lesser extend his Harold in Italy and Romeo and Juliet remain part of today's concert life, Spohr's work held their place in the repertoire only for a few decades. Yet between them Berlioz and Spohr introduced many of the common types of subject matter treated in later programme symphonies and symphonic poems. (...)"

[Keith Warsop in the booklet]

other Spohr's Symphonies of this set

Louis Spohr (1784-1859):
Symphony No.9 in B minor, op.142 - "The Seasons"
Symphony No.7 in C major, op.121 - for two orchestras - "The earthly and divine in human life"
Introduzione in D major WoO5
Festmarsch in D major WoO3

Orchestra de la Svizzera Italiana
Howard Shelley - conductor

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