Julia Bauer, Robert Schumann Philharmonie & Frank Beermann - Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2 & 3 Concert Arias (2016)

Tracklist
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01. Symphony No. 2 in E Minor "Symphony with a Bell": I. Andante maestoso
02. Symphony No. 2 in E Minor "Symphony with a Bell": II. Allegro risoluto
03. Symphony No. 2 in E Minor "Symphony with a Bell": III. Andante sostenuto
04. Symphony No. 2 in E Minor "Symphony with a Bell": IV. Andante mosso-Allegro sostenuto
05. 3 Concert Arias: No. 1, Poem
06. 3 Concert Arias: No. 2, Legend
07. 3 Concert Arias: No. 3, Dithyramb


This month CPO launch a new Khachaturian edition featuring his complete symphonies. Volume 1 focuses on his magnificently dimensioned Symphony No.2, which functions as a heroic, Soviet “War Symphony”. Though the work is first and foremost distinguished by pathos, it nevertheless displays a master’s hand in its rhythmic and tonal design. The symphony owes its popular name, the “Bell Symphony”, to the forceful, dissonant opening measures recurring in some passages of the first movement and at the end of the last movement. The symphony is presented in combination with the three Concert Arias of 1946.

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