NAXOS NAXOS DDD 8.555540 Playing Time 57:44 7 47313 55402 7 ℗ 1993 © 2016 Naxos Rights US, Inc. Booklet notes in English Made in Germany www.naxos.com 8.555540 8.555540 SPOHR: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 9 SPOHR: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 9 Recorded at the House of Arts in Košice, 26 to 30 October, 1992 Producer: Rudolf Hentsel • Engineer: Gejza Toperczer • Booklet Notes: Keith Warsop Previously released on Marco Polo 8.223454 Cover Image: Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel (www.istockphoto.com) Composed in London, Spohr’s Second Symphony was received with real enthusiasm at its première, the audience responding to the work’s tasteful Haydnesque ﬂourishes, wide emotional palette and delightful writing for wind instruments. Written in 1850, a year after the re-imposition of authoritarian rule in Germany, Symphony No. 9 ‘The Seasons’ is no mere programmatic work but a symbolic journey from the winter darkness of political oppression through the ‘Garden of Eden’ imagery of Spring, and the vibrant colours of Summer, ending with Autumn whose positive ﬁnale is a celebration of the composer’s belief in the political rebirth of Germany. Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Alfred Walter Louis SPOHR (1784–1859) Symphonies Nos. 2 and 9 Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 49 (1820) Symphony No. 9 in B minor, Op. 143 Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) (1850) 1 Allegro 11:56 2 Larghetto 5:45 3 Scherzo: Presto 5:54 4 Finale: Vivace 7:05 Part One 5 Der Winter (Winter): Allegro maestoso 8:43 6 Der Übergang sum Frühling (The transition to Spring) L’istesso tempo 0:42 7 Der Frühling (Spring) Moderato 5:37 Part Two 8 Der Sommer (Summer) Largo 4:58 9 Einleitung zum Herbst (Prelude to Autumn) Allegro vivace 0:30 0 Der Herbst (Autumn) L’istesso tempo 6:14 30:40 26:44

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Recorded at the House of Arts in Košice, 26 to 30 October, 1992Producer: Rudolf Hentsel • Engineer: Gejza Toperczer • Booklet Notes: Keith Warsop

Previously released on Marco Polo 8.223454 Cover Image: Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel (www.istockphoto.com)

Composed in London, Spohr’s Second Symphony was received with real enthusiasm at its première, the audience responding to the work’s tasteful Haydnesque flourishes, wide emotional palette and delightful writing for wind instruments. Written in 1850, a year after the re-imposition of authoritarian rule in Germany, Symphony No. 9 ‘The Seasons’ is no mere programmatic work but a symbolic journey from the winter darkness of political oppression through the ‘Garden of Eden’ imagery of Spring, and the vibrant colours of Summer, ending with Autumn whose positive finale is a celebration of the composer’s belief in the political rebirth of Germany.

Slovak State Philharmonic OrchestraAlfred Walter

LouisSPOHR(1784–1859)

Symphonies Nos. 2 and 9 Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 49 (1820)

Symphony No. 9 in B minor, Op. 143 ̔Die Jahreszeiten̓ (The Seasons) (1850)

1 Allegro 11:56

2 Larghetto 5:45

3 Scherzo: Presto 5:54

4 Finale: Vivace 7:05

Part One5 Der Winter (Winter): Allegro maestoso 8:43

6 Der Übergang sum Frühling (The transition to Spring) L’istesso tempo 0:42

7 Der Frühling (Spring) Moderato 5:37

Part Two8 Der Sommer (Summer) Largo 4:58