WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman • SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9
1/17/2025, 5 Tracks, 1:01:19
Featuring
Álvaro Cassuto
Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa
Richard Wagner
Franz Schubert
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Critical Reception
Schubert's Symphony No. 9, 'Great', remained unheard during his lifetime and was poorly received at its 1839 premiere, only gaining recognition half a century later.
Recording & Production
This album is part of a series of recordings drawn from Álvaro Cassuto's archive of concerts with the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, a collaboration with Antena 2, Portugal's classical radio station.
Composition History
Wagner's inspiration for his opera Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) came from a treacherous sea voyage he and his wife made in 1839 from Riga to London.
Performer Biography
Álvaro Cassuto, the conductor on this album, began his career in 1959 as an avant-garde composer and was the first Portuguese writer to adopt the twelve-tone system.
Performer Biography
Álvaro Cassuto, the conductor, studied with leading masters including Fernando Lopes-Graça, Pedro de Freitas Branco, and Herbert von Karajan.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The two pieces on this album, Schubert's Symphony No. 9 and Wagner's The Flying Dutchman Overture, are linked by the influence of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Performer Biography
João Pereira Bastos, who led the Macao International Music Festival, scheduled the first Wagner opera in China, Der fliegende Holländer, featuring leading Bayreuth singers.
