tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277102232656697042.post3177275044024733379..comments2023-05-19T07:09:24.714-07:00Comments on 101 Classical Music CDs: Dvorak: Symphony #7Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02388302796031288076noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277102232656697042.post-9839542795388086832009-01-16T03:01:00.000-08:002009-01-16T03:01:00.000-08:00You definitely should check out Schumann! Start ou...You definitely should check out Schumann! Start out with the 3rd Symphony - the Rhenish. Within a few seconds of the first movement you'll hear exactly where Brahms got his inspiration from for his own 3rd Symphony. I'm a woodwind player (oboe), but Schumann's symphonies make me want to take up a brass instrument! You'll hear what I mean.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05372233423206542415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277102232656697042.post-67571999021275477952009-01-14T12:25:00.000-08:002009-01-14T12:25:00.000-08:00Hi Tom, thanks for reading and for your comment. ...Hi Tom, thanks for reading and for your comment. I'll have to check out that recording you mentioned--anything to hear an in-tune clarinetist... :)<BR/><BR/>And I don't actually own any Schumann symphonies but perhaps I'll get one or two now that you've mentioned it! <BR/><BR/>DKDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388302796031288076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277102232656697042.post-78759288730951529192009-01-13T03:40:00.000-08:002009-01-13T03:40:00.000-08:00I've just realised you meant a clarinet solo in th...I've just realised you meant a clarinet solo in the second movement! Still, the one I was thinking of, in the first movement, is worth listening out for to - it's a wonderful moment of lightness and calm before the storm.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05372233423206542415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277102232656697042.post-30946361412249537862009-01-13T03:34:00.000-08:002009-01-13T03:34:00.000-08:00Hi, and thanks for reviewing this fantastic sympho...Hi, and thanks for reviewing this fantastic symphony. I've heard that Dvorak was suffering after the death of his mother and eldest child - which might explain its stormy nature. <BR/>I've got a great recording of this by the London Symphony Orchestra, led by Istvan Kertesz - the clarinets are spot on in that lovely lilting melody near the start of the 1st movement that you mentioned - it sounds to me like Dvorak is reminiscing fondly about his family, before a minute or so later we hear the true nature of his emotions - the same clarinet tune but with the whole orchestra blazing it out, particularly the brass and timpani. What I find fascinating is that this theme is in a major key, but the emotions it conjures up (for me, anyway) are entirely negative - raw aching sadness, pain and anger. <BR/><BR/>PS Have you got any plans to review a Schumann symphony this year? I'd be thrilled!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05372233423206542415noreply@blogger.com