{"product_id":"4945604744294","title":"Marin Alsop, Vienna Symphony Orchestra - Schuman: Symphony No. 1, No. 2 (Mala Edition) - Import CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarin Alsop, Vienna Symphony Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first installment of Mahler's version of the complete symphonies by Robert Schumann, one of the leading composers of the German Romantic period. When played by modern orchestras, they often sound muddy or out of balance, and are said to be conductor's curse. Mahler, a composer and one of the most famous conductors of his time, came up with a bold answer to this difficult problem. He made numerous changes and cuts to the scores of the four symphonies to make them sound better with the orchestras of his time. Many of these changes were made to reinforce motifs that Mahler considered important by increasing or decreasing percussion and brass, and to suppress those he considered less important, but now tend to be criticized as not sounding as Schumann himself intended. In an effort to re-evaluate Mahler's orchestration, Orsop has recorded all four pieces with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. This first album includes Nos. 1 and 2. Schumann completed the sketch of No. 1 in only four days.The subtitle of the piece, \"Spring,\" was inspired by a poem by Adolf Berger, a German poet that Schumann was interested in at the time, and was first performed by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Mendelssohn in 1841. At that time, the pitch of the fanfare was changed due to functional limitations of the instruments, but Mahler restored it to Schumann's original idea. The second work was completed in 1846 and premiered by Mendelssohn and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Mahler changed the instrumentation and also made significant cuts in the coda of the last movement, but no cuts are employed in this Orthop performance.                                                                                    Naxos Japan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naxos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47874191327521,"sku":"4945604744294","price":2090.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/4945604744294.jpg?v=1705674503","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/products\/4945604744294","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}