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Label Challenge Classics |
UPC 0608917295825 |
Catalogue number CC 72958 |
Release date 02 February 2024 |
"The first two symphonies by Schumann directed by Jan Willem de Vriend. - Disc CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72958: Robert Schumann / Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, dir. Jan Willem de Vriend"
Rai Radio 3, 24-4-2024The first two symphonies by Schumann directed by Jan Willem de Vriend. - Disc CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72958: Robert Schumann / Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, dir. Jan Willem de Vriend
Rai Radio 3, 24-4-2024
De Vriend is deeply engaged in the Adagio espressivo and cantabile slow movement, which has a quality of heartfelt remembrance about it.
Music Web International, 21-4-2024
Here De Vriend decidedly opts for the romantic Schumann, for the interplay between “Florestan and Eusebius”, and in the slow movements conjures up the enormous lyrical power and the flowing beauty of his melodic lines.
Rondo Magazine, 20-4-2024
The recording overflows with good cheer, yet the music is also taken with the utmost seriousness. The orchestra has clearly worked diligently on refining entrances and rhythmic details. I particularly note how beautifully the bright woodwinds play in the first movement of Symphony No. 1, and how rhythmically precise the brass delivers in the fast third movement. The excellent and lively playing makes this a recording of world-class quality.
Ballade, 03-4-2024
There's a great deal to enjoy, and nobody is likely to be disappointed with these performances. (...) Such accomplished, high-class music-making makes the imminent follow-up with the Rhenish and Fourth Symphonies an enticing prospect.
Gramophone, 01-4-2024
Jan Willem de Vriend and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, who bring both swagger and elegance, in equal measure, to this finale.
BBC Radio 3, 16-3-2024
The sound of the orchestra from Stavanger is rich and sonorous throughout. De Vriend brings his historical understanding to the orchestral palette.
Pizzicato, 03-2-2024