Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 Solistes Européens, Luxembourg & Christoph König

• Louise Farrenc (1804-1875): Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 35:
• 1Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 35: I. Andante - Allegro11:20
• 2Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 35: II. Andante07:02
• 3Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 35: III. Scherzo. Vivace05:55
• 4Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 35: IV. Andante - Allegro08:12
• Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 36:
• 5Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 36: I. Adagio - Allegro11:58
• 6Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 36: II. Adagio cantabile07:59
• 7Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 36: III. Scherzo. Vivace07:34
• 8Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 36: IV. Finale. Allegro06:31
• Total Runtime01:06:31

Info for Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

Pursuing a musical career was no easy matter for women in the 19th century, but Louise Farrencs character and determination resulted in her becoming a respected part of the European scene, and the first ever female senior professor of piano at the Paris Conservatoire. Farrencs Second Symphony owes something to Mozartian models, with imaginative writing for winds and hints of Beethoven. The Third Symphony is notable for a richness of harmonic writing which, in its colour and lyricism, is reminiscent of Mendelssohn and Schumann.

Solistes Européens Luxembourg
Christoph König, conductor

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