Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 2 ‘Romantic’

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Release Date: 31st Oct 2011
Catalogue No: 8559701
Label: Naxos
Series: American Classics, Gerard Schwarz Complete Howard Hanson Symphonies
Length: 56 minutes

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Hanson, H: Symphony No. 2 in D-Flat Major, Op. 30, W45 "Romantic"

Work length28:06

$7.00

$9.05

Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz

I. Adagio - Allegro moderato

Track length13:36

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$3.85

II. Andante con tenerezza

Track length7:21

$2.00

$2.60

III. Allegro con brio

Track length7:09

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$2.60

Hanson, H: Lux Aeterna, Op. 24

Work length16:46

$4.00

$5.15

Susan Gulkis
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz

Hanson, H: Mosaics

Work length11:52

$3.00

$3.85

Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz

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Hanson’s intent in 1930 to write music that was “young in spirit, lyrical and romantic in temperament”, was fully realised in his ardent Second Symphony. This, his best known symphonic statement, acknowledges a Sibelian inheritance through horn fanfares, powerfully lyric string writing, and a sense of unity both all embracing and memorable. Lux Aeterna is a rhapsodic, strongly modal work for viola and orchestra, richly repaying Hanson’s interest in Palestrina.

Mosaics is a much later set of variations revealing his organisational control and expressive power. “Richly drawn is the Second Symphony – the Romantic, its second movement anthem beloved of millions of Americans. [Schwarz’s] feeling for long-term growth is possibly the surest of all, leading us from one resolution to the next with an increasing sense of expectation.” (Gramophone on the original Delos release)

Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 2 ‘Romantic’

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