Wagner: Symphony in C Major
MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jun Märkl
Lively performances of Wagner’s symphonies – one complete, one abandoned – that give an insight into his world as a teenage composer.
Wagner: Symphony in C Major
MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jun Märkl
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Lively performances of Wagner’s symphonies – one complete, one abandoned – that give an insight into his world as a teenage composer.
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Although he is best known for his innovative operas and iconic music dramas, Richard Wagner maintained a keen interest in symphonic composition throughout his career. Written in his late teens and early twenties, these two symphonies stand as a tribute to Wagner's passion for his great idol Beethoven. The Symphony in C major absorbs the engertic fire and rhythmic dynamism of Beethoven's Seventh and Eighth Symphonies, while the Symphony in E major was alas left unfinished at its beautifully warm and lyrical Adagio cantabile.
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Awards and reviews
May 2017
Lively performances of Wagner’s symphonies – one complete, one abandoned – that give an insight into his world as a teenage composer.
May 2017
I warmed to the visceral quality of Märkl’s Leipzig Radio forces, partly attributable to Naxos’s closely focused sound…it’s the C major that leaves the stronger impression, with Märkl finding real virility in the up-tempo movements…such ‘unripe’ invention can be fun and the disc is certainly worth sampling
10th April 2017
Performances here are clear and committed. Jun Märkl has the measure of the score, and it is good indeed to be reminded of the depth and musical richness of the various radio orchestras found in Germany
5th March 2017
it’s the work’s originality and brilliant, inventive scoring that are striking, especially the two middle movements.
30th August 2017
Märkl’s performances are suitably nimble.
