[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 7 February 2013
This item is currently out of stock. It may take 6 or more weeks to obtain from when you place your order as this is a specialist product.
The ambitious Symphony in F major is d'Albert's single work in this form, showing him as a gifted composer in the tradition of Brahms.
Prolific as a composer and renowned as a pianist, Eugen d'Albert enjoyed a central position in European musical life and was nicknamed 'Albertus Magnus' by Liszt. Of his many operas, Tiefl and is the best known, its Symphonic Prologue setting a pastoral scene for the torrid drama to follow. The ambitious Symphony in F major is d'Albert's single work in this form, showing him as a gifted composer in the tradition of Brahms. His two piano concertos can be found on Naxos 8553728.
Symphony in F major, Op. 4
Tiefland, Op. 34: Symphonic Prologue