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Schumann and Tchaikovsky symphonies conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

Schumann and Tchaikovsky symphonies conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

The main interest here is the recording of Mahler’s re-write of the Rhenish Symphony, hardly required, but one hears what Mahler thought Schumann should have written. The Little Russian gets a spruce outing too.

Michael Tanner

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Michael Tanner

Published: March 9, 2018 at 10:00 am

COMPOSERS: Schumann * Tchaikovsky
LABELS: Praga Digital
ALBUM TITLE: Schumann * Tchaikovsky
WORKS: Schumann: Symphony No. 3 (arr. Mahler); Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2
PERFORMER: Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini
CATALOGUE NO: PRD 350 135 (1956-58)




The main interest here is the recording of Mahler’s re-write of the Rhenish Symphony, hardly required, but one hears what Mahler thought Schumann should have written. The Little Russian gets a spruce outing too.

Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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