Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 "Spring" (with Score)

Robert Schumann:
Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 "Spring" (with Score)
Composed: 1841
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker
00:00 1. Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace (B-flat major)
11:51 2. Larghetto (E-flat major)
19:15 3. Scherzo: Molto vivace (G minor)
25:08 4. Allegro animato e grazioso (B-flat major)
The Symphony No. 1 in B♭ major, Op. 38, also known as the Spring Symphony, is the first completed symphonic work composed by Robert Schumann.
Although he had made some "symphonic attempts" in the autumn of 1840 soon after he married Clara Wieck, he did not compose his first symphony until early 1841. Until then, Schumann was largely known for his works for the piano and for voice. Clara encouraged him to write symphonic music, noting in her diary, "it would be best if he composed for orchestra; his imagination cannot find sufficient scope on the piano... His compositions are all orchestral in feeling... My highest wish is that he should compose for orchestra-that is his field! May I succeed in bringing him to it!"
Schumann sketched the symphony in four days from 23 to 26 January and completed the orchestration by 20 February. The premiere took place under the baton of Felix Mendelssohn on 31 March 1841 in Leipzig, where the symphony was warmly received. According to Clara's diary, the title "Spring Symphony" was bestowed upon it due to Adolf Böttger's poem Frühlingsgedicht.
Originally, each movement had its own title, with the first movement nicknamed "The Beginning of Spring", the second "Evening", the third "Merry Playmates", and the last "Spring in Full Bloom". However, Schumann withdrew the titles before publication. The first movement was described by the composer as a "summons to awakening", and "The vernal passion that sway men until they are very old, and which surprises them with each year." One scholar wrote that "If that makes this a kind of Last Judgment, then the rest of the symphony is a Garden of Heavenly Delights."[10] The first trio of the third movement quotes motifs from the first movement. The last movement of the symphony also uses the final theme of Kreisleriana, and therefore recalls the romantic and fantastic inspiration of the composer's piano compositions.

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Thanks for sharing :)
Echoes of the Kreisleriana in movement 4!

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Thanks for making these great works available, with very informative notes.

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シュウーマン、ツビン、メター指揮者は、大変に懐かしいです。

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This symphony sounds Epic

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ズービン・メータの指揮が素晴らしい！

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2:35, 11:11
14:17

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4:03 5:30

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30:10

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31:53