Hans Rott: Symphony No. 1

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Since its disinterring in 1989, there have been some fine recordings, but surely none more persuasive than this. Jakub Hrůša plainly loves the score and strives to characterise its every detail,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 14th Oct 2022
Catalogue No: 4862932
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 70 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

21st October 2022
Presto Recordings of the Year

Finalist 2022
International Classical Music Awards

2023

Winner - Symphonic Music
Opus Klassik Awards

2023

Winner - Conductor of the Year

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Rott: Symphony in E Major

Work length56:31

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Bamberger Symphoniker
Jakub Hrůša
Recorded: 2021-10-02
Recording Venue: Konzerthalle Bamberg, Joseph-Keilberth-Saal

I. Alla breve

Track length9:57

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II. (Adagio) Sehr langsam

Track length10:53

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III. Frisch und lebhaft

Track length12:39

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IV. Sehr langsam - Belebt

Track length23:02

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Mahler: Blumine (original 2nd movement of Symphony No. 1)

Work length7:21

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Bamberger Symphoniker
Jakub Hrůša
Recorded: 2021-12-22
Recording Venue: Konzerthalle Bamberg, Joseph-Keilberth-Saal

Bruckner: Symphonisches Präludium, WAB deest

Work length6:19

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Bamberger Symphoniker
Jakub Hrůša
Recorded: 2022-03-14
Recording Venue: Konzerthalle Bamberg, Joseph-Keilberth-Saal

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Recording of the Week, Hans Rott's Symphony in E major from Jakub Hrůša

21st October 2022

The Czech conductor and his Bamberg orchestra offer a magnificent account of a work not heard until more than a century after it was written, by a composer described by Gustav Mahler as "the founder of the new symphony".

"Who is Hans Rott?" Gustav Mahler gives the meaningful answer: the "founder of the new symphony as I understand it." Deutsche Grammophon now presents a new recording of Hans Rott's Symphony No. 1. Full of energy and depth and with a breathtakingly velvety sound, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra plays under its chief conductor Jakub Hrůša. This is an impressive recording of a composer whose rediscovery in recent years has continued to thrill audiences and enrich our knowledge of late Romantic music.

Hans Rott wrote his first symphony, his most important work - full of groundbreaking musical ideas and a unique vision of how the symphony might develop - from 1878-1880, at a time when his younger classmate Mahler was just getting started and his mentor Bruckner was struggling through his middle period. Jakub Hrůša places this masterpiece alongside works by Mahler and Bruckner, shedding new light on a work that deserves to be at the center of the symphonic repertoire.

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January 2023

Since its disinterring in 1989, there have been some fine recordings, but surely none more persuasive than this. Jakub Hrůša plainly loves the score and strives to characterise its every detail, drawing lovely playing from the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in a warmly spacious acoustic.

Mar/Apr 2023

The Bamberg Symphony is a luminous ensemble with characterful woodwinds and brass, and it plays with enthusiasm in finely engineered sound.

December 2022

A factor that might make collectors favour Hrůša’s recording over the options is the inclusion of the first commercial recording of the original version of the Symphonisches Präludium...It’s a brief but fascinating work and Hrůša's recording allows us to hear it in its original form using the orchestral forces normally used by Bruckner.

21st October 2022

In his booklet note, Hrůša mentions that he would worry about annoying people with his constant bursts of enthusiasm regarding the symphony's merits, and it’s easy to hear his absolute dedication and commitment, with the Bamberg players joining him for every step of the journey.

26th October 2022

The warmth and swagger of this account with the Bamberg Symphoniker entirely suits an imperfect but adorable work that combines echoes of Bruckner, Brahms, and the symphonies Mahler hadn’t yet written with the preposterous exuberance of soundtracks from Hollywood’s Golden Age...there seems something particularly Czech in the way Hrusa keeps the music bubbling along.

International Classical Music Awards 2023

Jakub Hrůša and the Bamberger Symphoniker didn’t exactly rediscover Rott’s Symphony in E major – others recorded it before – but their interpretation is so convincing that we can say that no one else has advocated Rott’s music as profoundly as the performers on this recording. Works by Bruckner and Mahler, who both admired Rott’s work, complete this superb CD.

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