Hans Gál & Schubert: Kindred Spirits

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Once again, Zehetmair shows hiumself a natural Schubert interpreter, his association with the Northern Sinfonia paying hadsome dividends in this lithe and fluent account...a fine modern interpretation... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2011 More…

Release Date: 15th Aug 2011
Catalogue No: AV2225
Label: Avie
Length: 99 minutes

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Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great'

Work length55:22

Album only

Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair

I. Andante – Allegro ma non troppo

Track length15:11

Album only

II. Andante con moto

Track length13:13

$2.00

$2.80

III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

Track length12:50

$2.00

$2.80

IV. Allegro vivace - Trio

Track length14:08

$2.00

$2.80

Gál, H: Symphony No. 2 in F major, Op. 53

Work length43:49

$7.00

$9.80

Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair

I. Introduction: Andante - Adagio

Track length7:56

$1.50

$2.10

II. Allegro energico - molto moderato

Track length8:23

$1.50

$2.10

III. Adagio

Track length13:53

$2.00

$2.80

IV. Allegro moderato ma agitato

Track length13:37

$2.00

$2.80

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Acclaimed conductor Thomas Zehetmair presents the world premiere recording of Hans Gál’s Second Symphony alongside an electrifying live recording of Schubert’s Ninth Symphony, the "Great".

Hard on the heels of the world premiere recording of Hans Gál’s First Symphony (AV2224), internationally celebrated conductor Thomas Zehetmair follows with a superb value 2-CD set including the first ever recording of Gál’s Second Symphony, alongside Schubert’s "Great" Ninth. The release showcases two ends of a great melodic tradition, presenting Gál’s music alongside 19th-century symphonic repertoire that represents its roots and core values. Gál’s Second Symphony is perhaps the most personal of his four, with an emotional depth and haunting beauty that inspired Gál’s biographer, Wilhelm Waldstein, to write of the slow movement: “it is, I dare to assert, the most important Adagio since Bruckner.”

Written in 1942-43, during the darkest war years, this symphony distils the process of overcoming pain and loss into the language of pure music.

Featuring Northern Sinfonia in their spectacular venue Hall One of The Sage Gateshead, these recordings underscore Zehetmair’s hallmark electrifying intensity, precision and vision.

This release continues Avie’s ongoing celebration of the music of Hans Gál, following highly acclaimed releases of the complete works for solo piano by Leon McCawley (AV2064), chamber works for Violin and Piano featuring Annette-Barbara Vogel (AV2182), and concertante works for violin and orchestra, also with Vogel, and Kenneth Woods conducting Northern Sinfonia (AV2146).

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November 2011

Once again, Zehetmair shows hiumself a natural Schubert interpreter, his association with the Northern Sinfonia paying hadsome dividends in this lithe and fluent account...a fine modern interpretation caught in splendid sound. Zehetmair's Gal Second Symphony (1942-43) is equally sensitive and unfussy, in a work whose emotive complex could easily be misinterpreted.

11th September 2011

Gal’s Symphony No 2 in F has a definite anachronistic pulling power...conducted by Thomas Zehetmair and issued with Schubert’s Ninth, [it] impresses for sterling craftsmanship, elegiac lyricism and a formal ploy whereby the slow introduction becomes the first movement and is recalled at the work’s end.

14th January 2012

Zehetmair captures the joy, the dizziness in [Schubert's] music, while not shying away from the hints of madness – all that loopy repetition and relentless, caffeine-fuelled energy. And Schubert’s superb brass-writing sounds magnificent here...the Gál is worth a listen, especially if you’ve heard the other issues in Avie’s series, but the Schubert is a must-have.

Hans Gál & Schubert: Kindred Spirits

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