Felix Draeseke - Symphony No.1 in G-major, Op.12 (1872)

Felix August Bernhard Draeseke (7 October 1835 - 26 February 1913) was a composer of the "New German School" admiring Liszt and Richard Wagner.
Work: Symphony No.1 in G-major, Op.12 (1872)
Mov.I: Introduzione ed Allegro - Adagio con espressione - Allegro con brio ma non troppo presto 00:00
Mov.II: Scherzo: Presto leggiero 11:17
Mov.III: Adagio - Adagio molto 17:15
Mov.IV: Finale: Allegro con brio e vivace 32:22
Orchestra: Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: George Hanson

[@jerrycallison6125]

Every time I think I've heard all of your great offerings, I come across another gem I have missed. Thank you so very much for the beauty you have brought into our lives. Our so-called classical radio stations are horribly deficient in their offerings. It is absurd when I contact them with a request to hear a piece I have learned of from you that they don't even know the composer, let alone the piece. No, I am not musically trained, I only know what I enjoy hearing. I only know that I will not bow to their elitist snobbery that they know best what is good music, when all they really have is a very limited education and taste in arts.

[@ewaldsteyn469]

What a brilliant start to a magnificent cycle of symphonies. Draeseke's 4 symphonies should have been part of the standard repetoire!

[@ChristophGAP]

Thanks for your choice of all the beautiful recordings of composers that are not so well known like the "big ones". Always very amazing good works to discover!

[@ChristophGAP]

Watching this mountaineous fantasy landscape - it reminds me on nice screenshots I sometimes catch out of my flight simulator. :)

[@MsEagle20]

Kudos to Dr. Alan H Krueck for founding the Felix Draeseke Society!

[@brianknapp8645]

The slow movement is very beautiful.

[@Solitario_Musico_Portugues]

When von Bullow said Draeseke was a "harte Nuß", he was not entirely wrong. His music can be fascinating when you dig into it (his textures are immensely rich and polyphonic), but I understand it can sound meandering to an unprepared listener. His harmonies are more stable than what you would expect, but most of his allegro themes are conceived as counterpoint structures, ready to be developed everywhere. He doesn't make it easy. But I'm into his difficulties.

[@fulviopolce9785]

Affascinante sinfonia.Particolarmente apprezzabili, per me,gli ultimi due movimenti ,dove emergono chiaramente i riferimenti wagneriani.
Ottima la registrazione.Bell'inserimento.

[@berabey4545]

If you have to study and you feel bored then you should open the classical music tracks which make you feel better, like this piece.

[@capuano3d]

Hey Kuhlau did you by chance had uploaded a Brahms serenade 1 video that has been now removed? I loved that interpretation. If so could you please provide me with the interpreters? Many thanks.

[@shishirthadani1696]

A brilliant symphony

[@ewaldsteyn469]

Shishir Thadani I agree. Truly brilliant. But I've noticed already 2 dislikes. I know taste differs, but what kind of taste in classical music must a person have to dislike music as great as this?

[@PETERJOHN101]

@@ewaldsteyn469
The difficulty for me is that the post Romantics are moving away from lyricism or any sort of thematic cohesion in favor of discordance, often literally. Many listeners, like myself, do not consider the output of the modernists to be serious music but rather the product of an intellectualized idea of music. This work to me falls within late Romanticism and is musically satisfying though to a lesser degree than the period from (roughly) 1800 to 1860.

[@JesseReith]

This is amazing, and I absolutely love the wallpaper! Where did you get it from? Kind regards, Jesse.

[@kuhlaudilfeng4449]

Something i found when i googled fantasy landscape, exactly where i do not know.

[@JesseReith]

I've already found it searching 'fantasy landscape' indeed, thanks!

[@kuhlaudilfeng4449]

Jesse Reith
:-)

[@rogerknox9147]

Intriguing work! Maybe the conductor could have toned down the accentuation in the second movement, and saved the thunder for the timpani ``outbursts.``

[@kambiztaghavi]

@34:50 Shadow of Beethoven's 1st symphony !

[@ronaldbwoodall2628]

I did like this symphony, but perhaps not enough to want to hear it again, except for the 'scherzo' with its pauses reminiscent of those in the same movement of Beethoven's Ninth, and the "adagio" which is clearly trying for something different than Beethoven, less flowing and more sectional. I'm not sure that the intended effect was achieved however; it seemed overall to be somewhat "choppy". I certainly wouldn't trade Tchaikovsky's First for it, which I believe was composed in the same year.

[@PETERJOHN101]

The difficulty for me is that the post Romantics are moving away from lyricism or any sort of thematic cohesion in favor of discordance, often literally. Many listeners, like myself, do not consider the output of the modernists to be serious music but rather the product of an intellectualized idea of music. This work to me falls within late Romanticism and is musically satisfying though to a lesser degree than the period from (roughly) 1800 to 1860.