Brahms: Symphony No. 2 & Segerstam: Symphony No. 289

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There may be a musical pigeonhole into which Leif Segerstam can be fitted, but if so, it’s one of the strangest objects in the known universe…[his Brahms] has a generous, expansive, warmly expressive... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th May 2017
Catalogue No: ABCD403
Label: Alba
Length: 68 minutes

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Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

Work length49:51

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Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length22:05

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II. Adagio non troppo

Track length11:47

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$5.25

III. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino)

Track length5:34

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IV. Allegro con spirito

Track length10:25

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Segerstam: Symphony No. 289 "When a Cat Visited"

Work length19:05

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Leif Segerstam, Nobu Takizawa
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 04-07 January 2016
Recording Venue: Turku Concert Hall, Finland

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This new release is the second in a four-release set from Alba which will feature all four of Johannes Brahms’ symphonies and four symphonies chosen from Leif Segerstam’s more than 300 symphonies. For this release, Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 and Segerstam’s Symphony No. 289 have been chosen. Brahms wrote his Symphony No. 2 in D major during a visit to Portschach am Worthersee in the summer of 1877. The work is cheery and pastoral, and has drawn comparisons to Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony. Leif Segerstam wrote his 289th Symphony, affectionately subtitled “When a Cat Visited,” in 2015. Founded in 1790 under the name Turun Soitannollinen Seura (Musical Society of Turku), the Turka Philharmonic is the oldest orchestra in Finland. Since 2012 they have been led by Leif Segerstam as principal conductor. The ensemble has an extensive recording history, and they stream monthly videos of selected concerts on their website.

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September 2017

There may be a musical pigeonhole into which Leif Segerstam can be fitted, but if so, it’s one of the strangest objects in the known universe…[his Brahms] has a generous, expansive, warmly expressive feel…there are the moody romantic vistas in the slow movement [and] the wonderful open-heartedness of the finale’s second theme. And throughout we have phrasing that really sings…[Segerstam is] always fresh and entirely genuine

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 & Segerstam: Symphony No. 289

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