Spohr - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5; Das Befreite Deutschland - Shelley

"Louis Spohr was one of the most significant personalities in German music in the first half of the nineteenth century, equally outstanding as a composer, violinist, conductor, teacher and organizer who was considered a leading pioneer of early Romanticism. He ranked as one of the great composers, his music played and loved by thousands. Until the emergence of Mendelssohn and Schumann his symphonies were the only such works to join on a regular basis those of the three Viennese giants, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, in the general international repertoire and, along with his overtures, they remained staples of concert programmes until the end of the nineteenth century. (...)"

[Keith Warsop in the booklet]

other Spohr's Symphonies of this set

Louis Spohr (1784-1859):
Overture "Das befreite Deutschland" WoO 64
Symphony No.4 in F major, op.86 "Die Weihe der Töne"
Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.102

Orchestra de la Svizzera Italiana
Howard Shelley - conductor

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