Sinfonia Varsovia, Ian Hobson - Stöhr: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Overture for Violin, Winds & Percussion, Op. 79a "Per aspera ad astra"
02. Two Roads to Victory, Op. 79b "Through Arms - Through Love"
03. Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 81: I. Allegro energico
04. Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 81: II. Andante
05. Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 81: III. Vivace
06. Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 81: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco

Like so many important Austrian musicians forced into American exile by the Nazis, Richard Stöhr (1874–1967) suddenly found himself cast from celebrity into obscurity, The optimism and energy, even defiance, of these three works from 1942 suggest that he took it in his stride, with his musical language retaining its Viennese accent in an individual amalgam of Bruckner, Mahler, Schmidt and Korngold. Indeed, the echoes of Mahler in Stöhr’s Second Symphony may be a deliberate homage if, as seems possible, this score is a revision of a now-lost work first composed shortly after Mahler’s death.

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