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Label:
   MDG - http://www.mdg.de/
Serial:
   940 1745-6
Title:
   Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 - Zacharias
Description:
   Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major Op. 61, Symphony No. 4 in D minor Op. 120

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Christian Zacharias (conductor)
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Genre:
   Classical
Content:
   Stereo/Multichannel
Media:
   Hybrid
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Recording info:
   Recorded 14-16 September 2011, Metropole Lausanne
Production: Werner Dabringhaus, Reimund Grimm
Tonmeister: Werner Dabringhaus
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Submitted by Polly Nomial
 
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Site review by Polly Nomial July 11, 2012
Performance:  
Oh, where to begin?

Warnings started flashing through my mind within seconds of the opening - where was the shaping of the introduction themes? Things do not improve with tempo choices that manage to rob the music of all its drama, neuroses and passion. It as if Zacharias wishes to view Schumann as if it were Schubert but without the melancholy and angst. I have never heard such serene and relaxed Schumann - and that is not meant as flattery. The only strong feeling these performances did provoke was that of frustration - where is the life-affirming passion & vitality that are to be found in Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 - Dausgaard & Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 - Dausgaard?

In the face of such lacklustre performances, the sonic considerations are immaterial.

Not recommended at all - the performance marks are for the orchestra only.

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Works: 2  
Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120