Since you are interested in Symphony No. 4 in C major / Variations on a Hussar's Song, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
FRANZ SCHMIDT
Symphony No. 2 / Fuga Solemnis Anders Johnsson (organ) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Vassily Sinaisky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Following their recording of Franz Schmidt's Symphony No. 1 and excerpts from his opera Notre Dame (8570828), the Malmö Symphony Orchestra and Vassily Sinaisky here present Schmidt's astonishing Second Symphony. |
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Intermezzo Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Rahbari, conductor ; Budapest Symphony Orchestra ; Michael Halasz, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] The lights are dimmed and from the pit the sound of the orchestra rises. |
FANNY MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Piano sonatas in C and G minor Heather Schmidt (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] It is only relatively recently that Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel has stepped out of the shadow of her more famous sibling Felix. Nearly all of her five hundred or so compositions remained unpublished during her lifetime, despite their undeniable beauty,... |
FRANZ SCHMIDT
Symphony No. 1 / Notre Dame, Act I: Introduction, Interlude and Carnival Music Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Vassily Sinaisky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Franz Schmidt's finely crafted Symphony No. 1, grandiose in scale and optimistic in mood, recalls the masterpieces of other great Romantic composers, Brahms, Bruckner and Reger, and won the Beethoven Prize in 1900. His opera Notre Dame, based on... |
FRANZ SCHMIDT
Symphony No. 3 / Chaconne Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Vassily Sinaisky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Schmidt's symphonies would make a pretty powerful impression for any orchestra running an audiophile series." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |