Gianandrea Noseda - Rufinatscha- Symphony No. 6 & The Bride of Messina Overture (2011/2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Johann Rufinatscha (1812-93) is best known as an FOB (Friend of Brahms). This does not make him a good composer. Competent, certainly, but memorable? Certainly not. His Sixth Symphony lasts 56 minutes and hasn’t a single original thought. The form is textbook straight down the line, and the scoring is skillful, with some particularly free writing for the trumpets here and there. The result, nevertheless, is overlong and wholly forgettable. Although this performance appears to be a good one, with sensible tempos and no quarrels about the playing, it can’t make the music anything more than bland. The same holds true of The Bride of Messina overture. You want to like this stuff, but even if you have great enthusiasm for second-tier German composers such as Raff or Bruch, this one’s a stretch.

TRACKLIST

1. Gianandrea Noseda - Die Braut von Messina: Overture
2. Gianandrea Noseda - I. Largo - Allegro con fuoco
3. Gianandrea Noseda - II. Scherzo. Allegro ma non troppo
4. Gianandrea Noseda - III. Largo
5. Gianandrea Noseda - IV Allegro moderato



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