Louis Spohr: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.8555527

By Alfred Walter and Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra. By Louis Spohr. Classical. Listening CD. Published by Naxos (NX.8555527).

747313552726.

Louis Spohr's innovative approach to symphonic writing began with the programmatic Symphony No. 4 (8555398) and was further broadened by Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 121 which he subtitled "The Earthly and Divine in Human Life". Jettisoning traditional symphonic form, this work is in effect a daring symphonic poem in three movements with a small orchestra representing the "divine" and the full orchestra the "earthly". The more traditional Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 137 - enshrining both tragic lament and sweet serenade - enables us to compare Spohr the innovator with Spohr the formalist.

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