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Goldmark: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

7/30/2013, 9 Tracks, 1:16:22

Featuring

  • Lan Shui
  • Singapore Symphony Orchestra
  • Karl Goldmark

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Composer Biography

Goldmark's musical education was largely self-taught after the Conservatory closed due to the 1848 revolution, and he was wrongly accused of murder.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Johannes Brahms praised Goldmark's 'Rustic Wedding' Symphony, saying, "That is the best thing you have done; clear-cut and faultless, it sprang into being a finished thing, like Minerva from the head of Jupiter."

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Goldmark, the composer, admired Wagner and even established a Wagner Society in Vienna in 1872, yet he stated he was "unable to be a pioneer and unwilling to be a fellow traveller."

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Lan Shui, the conductor, has been the music director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra since 1997 and has had his recordings nominated twice for Grammy Awards.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Karl Goldmark, the composer, was one of twenty children and did not begin his formal music studies until he was eleven years old.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The 'Rustic Wedding' Symphony was Goldmark's most popular orchestral work during his lifetime, composed in 1875.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has toured America, China, and Europe since its inception in 1979, and its 2010 tour included a sold-out performance at the Berlin Philharmonie.

Source: Booklet

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