Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1

Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1

Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1
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Composer: Franz Schmidt
Composer: Arnold Schoenberg
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra: Los Angeles Phil. Orch.
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1990-09-12
Music Label: Polygram Records / Decca
Soundtracks:
  1. Symphony No. 4 in C major: Allegro molto moderato
  2. Symphony No. 4 in C major: Adagio
  3. Symphony No. 4 in C major: Molto vivace
  4. Symphony No. 4 in C major: Allegro molto moderato
  5. Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 9

Music reviews of Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1

Music Review: Schmidt/Schoenberg/Mehta/Vienna/L.A.
Rating: 5 Stars

I'd like to echo the comments of the one other review (so far) as there really isn't much more to add. Franz Schmidt's Symphony No. 4 of 1933, written in the wake of the death of the composer's daughter, is undoubtedly his masterpiece -- an incredibly inspired extrapolation of this composer's symphonic style which I like to describe as being sort of ultra-legato Bruckner; i.e., many lines of melody and harmony undulating and intersecting unbroken in a most unique, constantly flowing Late Romantic expression. To appreciate this composer and the special beauties of this symphony in particular, the listener must allow its unbroken lines to wash over them and its ultimate logic to culminate in its own time -- patience is rewarded. I've yet to hear another recording of this work -- more recent ones I know of are from Franz Welser-Möst, Neeme Järvi, and Fabio Luisi -- but the presumptuous feeling here is it really isn't necessary as conductor Zubin Mehta and the Vienna Philharmonic convey the full measure of this work and the warm, early '70s analog recording is exemplary. [ADDENDUM 4/7/09: I've since acquired the fine Welser-Möst/LPO recording on EMI and offer my brief thoughts on its product page - (Schmidt: Symphony No. 4; Variations on a Hussar's Song)]

On another musical plateau altogether is the appended Chamber Symphony No. 1 of Arnold Schoenberg, composed in 1906. It often hints of unabashed atonality, and at least to these ears, is not as immediately appealing. (FWIW, I'm a fan of Schoenberg's comparatively popular Verklärte Nacht.) However, it can reward committed listening when heard in isolation and with an intellectual bent toward its purposely revolutionary means of musical expression. The players here are members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, again under Zubin Mehta, who make as convincing a case for the work as is possible.

Know that the Schmidt symphony performance here is also available in a Decca two-fer package with Mehta's acclaimed performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection", also with the Vienna Philharmonic. (Mahler: Symphony No.2/ Schmidt: Symphony No.4)
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