Christoph Gedschold, Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Georg Schumann: Symphony in B minor, Serenade Op. 34 (2012)
Christoph Gedschold, Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Georg Schumann: Symphony in B minor, Serenade Op. 34 (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 310 Mb | Total time: 73:32 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 777 464-2 | Recorded: 2009
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 310 Mb | Total time: 73:32 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 777 464-2 | Recorded: 2009
Having struck pay dirt with another of its exhumations, Georg Schumann—see review of his piano trios in 35: 5—CPO, label of the Long Lost Composers Society—here resurrects Schumann’s Symphony in B Minor and his Serenade, op. 34. Georg Alfred Schumann (1866–1952) is yet another composer that can be added to the list of blue-ribbon winners produced under Carl Reinecke’s tutelage at the Leipzig Conservatory, and the term “blue-ribbon” is not used metaphorically. In 1886, still a student at the conservatory, Schumann composed this B-Minor Symphony, and when he entered it in an orchestral composition competition two years later it took first prize out of 57 entries. It’s doubtful that the award so swelled his head that he actually appended the subtitle, “Prize-winning Symphony” to his score, but CPO does, treating it as if it were a cognomen like “Pathétique” or “The Inextinguishable.” “Oh, have you heard my Symphony in B Minor, the ‘Prize-winning?’”
Schumann’s symphony lends itself to easy description; it’s the Sixth Symphony Mendelssohn might have written had he lived. No disparagement is meant by that. Mendelssohn is the score’s model and its main influence; as much is admitted by the liner note. Even though Mendelssohn was long dead by the time Georg Schumann came to compose his symphony, it’s no surprise that the young composer would pay tribute to the deceased master. It’s both a reflection of Schumann’s youth and the conservative musical training and values fostered by Reinecke and the Leipzig Conservatory, not to mention the reverence accorded Mendelssohn in the very halls of the conservatory he had founded.
While there’s little originality in its pages, Schumann’s symphony is a beautifully written score; its four conventionally laid out movements are filled with tuneful melodies and a mastery of harmony, counterpoint, and orchestration that confirm it as a composition of consummate craft, if not necessarily one of great art. Certainly it can give pleasure and be appreciated by anyone who enjoys mid-19-century Romantic period orchestral works.
The Serenade for Large Orchestra, written around the turn of the century—it was premiered in 1902—is, unsurprisingly, more venturesome in style and musical vocabulary. It’s also unusual in that while more or less adhering to the formal layout of a serenade, the piece is actually a tone poem in five movements, each movement depicting a tableau in the tale of a rejected lover. But if this leads you to expect music of a forlorn, downcast mien, you’re in for a surprise. Schumann’s model now seems to be Richard Strauss’s tone poems. The score is filled with what Schumann describes as “opponents” and “ridiculers” who chirp and chatter away apparently scolding and mocking the lover for whatever he did that got him booted out of the boudoir. The musical effect is not dissimilar to, though nowhere near as barbed as the carping critics in, Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben . Schumann was probably familiar with Strauss’s tone poems, but neither his talent nor his ambition rose to Strauss’s levels of orchestral extravagance and exhibitionism.
Christoph Gedschold leads the Munich Radio Orchestra in convincing performances. I wouldn’t call either the symphony or the serenade a deathless masterpiece, but if you’ve grown a bit jaded listening to the same Romantic period symphonies and tone poems over and over again, here are two new additions to the recorded repertoire that will temporarily relieve your boredom. Recommended.–Jerry Dubins
Performer:
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Christoph Gedschold, conductor
Tracklist:
Georg Schumann (1866-1952)
Symphony in B minor "Preis-Symphonie"
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Adagio - Andante
03. III. Allegro di molto scherzamdo
04. IV. Finale. Allegro
Eine Serenade für großes Orchester, Op. 34
05. I. Auf dem Wege
06. II. Nächtlicher Spuk
07. III. Ständchen
08. IV. Intermezzo
09. V. Finale
Exact Audio Copy V1.6 from 23. October 2020
EAC extraction logfile from 14. September 2024, 18:01
Christoph Gedschold, Munich Radio Orchestra / Schumann (Georg): Symphony in b minor
Used drive : PLEXTOR DVDR PX-650US Adapter: 1 ID: 2
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : No
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 896 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : E:\Users\Uwe\Downloads\flac-1.3.2-win\flac-1.3.2-win\win64\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -5 -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" -T "DISCTOTAL=%totalcds%" -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TRACKTOTAL=%numtracks%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%–tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% %hascover%–picture="%coverfile%"%hascover% %source% -o %dest%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 12:44.70 | 0 | 57369
2 | 12:44.70 | 10:52.04 | 57370 | 106273
3 | 23:36.74 | 10:53.50 | 106274 | 155298
4 | 34:30.49 | 9:11.37 | 155299 | 196660
5 | 43:42.11 | 8:07.52 | 196661 | 233237
6 | 51:49.63 | 5:37.01 | 233238 | 258513
7 | 57:26.64 | 4:53.21 | 258514 | 280509
8 | 62:20.10 | 4:07.37 | 280510 | 299071
9 | 66:27.47 | 7:02.32 | 299072 | 330753
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename E:\Users\Uwe\Music\Georg Schumann - Symphony b-minor; Serenade (Christoph Gedschold)\image\Christoph Gedschold, Munich Radio Orchestra - Schumann (Georg)- Symphony in b minor.wav
Peak level 99.8 %
Extraction speed 6.3 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC BB6C1D7B
Copy CRC BB6C1D7B
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [E17EE053] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [32199E97] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [319C7F20] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [E2C66AA8] (AR v2)
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [FD6BC734] (AR v2)
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [9DB6EC83] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [3938B5C4] (AR v2)
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [43899816] (AR v2)
Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [ACFC33B1] (AR v2)
All tracks accurately ripped
End of status report
–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.6
[CTDB TOCID: 0Uqh1UxGO6mhyJ4hZMiGA4u_rks-] found
Submit result: already submitted
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
2 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
3 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
4 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
5 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
6 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
7 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
8 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
9 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
==== Log checksum F5DB9F3EB3AE8D1C9C505137DF29C72FCBEEE638CC4DE4AD7F849C29E086D5FC ====
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Exact Audio Copy V1.6 from 23. October 2020
EAC extraction logfile from 14. September 2024, 18:01
Christoph Gedschold, Munich Radio Orchestra / Schumann (Georg): Symphony in b minor
Used drive : PLEXTOR DVDR PX-650US Adapter: 1 ID: 2
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : No
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 896 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : E:\Users\Uwe\Downloads\flac-1.3.2-win\flac-1.3.2-win\win64\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -5 -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" -T "DISCTOTAL=%totalcds%" -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TRACKTOTAL=%numtracks%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%–tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% %hascover%–picture="%coverfile%"%hascover% %source% -o %dest%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 12:44.70 | 0 | 57369
2 | 12:44.70 | 10:52.04 | 57370 | 106273
3 | 23:36.74 | 10:53.50 | 106274 | 155298
4 | 34:30.49 | 9:11.37 | 155299 | 196660
5 | 43:42.11 | 8:07.52 | 196661 | 233237
6 | 51:49.63 | 5:37.01 | 233238 | 258513
7 | 57:26.64 | 4:53.21 | 258514 | 280509
8 | 62:20.10 | 4:07.37 | 280510 | 299071
9 | 66:27.47 | 7:02.32 | 299072 | 330753
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename E:\Users\Uwe\Music\Georg Schumann - Symphony b-minor; Serenade (Christoph Gedschold)\image\Christoph Gedschold, Munich Radio Orchestra - Schumann (Georg)- Symphony in b minor.wav
Peak level 99.8 %
Extraction speed 6.3 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC BB6C1D7B
Copy CRC BB6C1D7B
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [E17EE053] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [32199E97] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [319C7F20] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [E2C66AA8] (AR v2)
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [FD6BC734] (AR v2)
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [9DB6EC83] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [3938B5C4] (AR v2)
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [43899816] (AR v2)
Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [ACFC33B1] (AR v2)
All tracks accurately ripped
End of status report
–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.6
[CTDB TOCID: 0Uqh1UxGO6mhyJ4hZMiGA4u_rks-] found
Submit result: already submitted
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
2 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
3 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
4 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
5 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
6 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
7 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
8 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
9 | (9/9) Accurately ripped
==== Log checksum F5DB9F3EB3AE8D1C9C505137DF29C72FCBEEE638CC4DE4AD7F849C29E086D5FC ====
Christoph Gedschold, Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Georg Schumann: Symphony in B minor, Serenade Op. 34 (2012)
Thanks to the original releaser