Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 4 in D minor op. 120 | Dima Slobodeniouk | WDR Sinfonieorchester

Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 4 in D minor, op. 120, performed by the WDR Sinfonieorchester under the baton of Dima Slobodeniouk. Recorded live at the Kölner Philharmonie on Nov. 19, 2022.
Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 4 in D minor op. 120
00:00:00 I. Quite slow - Lively
00:10:55 II. Romance. Quite slow
00:14:48 III. scherzo. Lively
00:20:09 IV. Slow - Lively - Faster - Presto
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Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
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[@danilovelasquez2539]

Robert Schumann is my neglected Romantic German composer (when compared to Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert Mendelssohn), but this current interpretation incites me to devote more time to his works, notably the four symphonies. Thank you for your generosity WDR Sinfonieorchester.

[@WDRKlassik]

Our pleasure! We are happy that you like it.

[@porkyminch5131]

Based and very beautiful symphony.

[@dikyfirmansyah8672]

Great performance Bro Dima..👍👍👍👍
From Nusantara Indonesia..

[@WDRKlassik]

Thanks for the compliment. Happy that you enjoyed it!

[@julioverne579]

sehr gut. Endlich mit Wucht. Aber nicht genug Wucht

[@Discovery_and_Change]

5:47 | 6:07 | 7:37 | 10:54 2nd movement |

[@Dylonely42]

Lucky audience

[@NyebolszinAntal1968]

Großartig!!! Bravissimi!👏👏👏

[@WDRKlassik]

Vielen Dank!

[@fikretsokmen9812]

Muhteşem bir konser. Çok teşekkür ediyorum 🙏❤

[@WDRKlassik]

You´re welcome!

[@Dylonely42]

Aynen

[@azores-pv6ft]

Listening and watching this video reminded me that despite all the problems in the world, life is very much worth of living. Thanks for making it available.

[@WDRKlassik]

Wonderful words, thank you! Happy to enrich your life with our music!

[@user-im8je5ld6v]

16:23

[@jeffreyboberg9487]

To think after shortly after writing this amazing piece he commits himself to an asylum😳

[@user-be9cf5qv2q]

Not quite accurate. He composed the symphony in 1841. He revised it in 1851, but wasn't committed to an asylum until 1854.

[@jaypeej7830]

Really shows the deficiency of Schumann's orchestration skills.. It's so muddy

[@shupingwang3392]

I agree, but the challenge of pulling music out of this orchestration can add to the experience. The conductor does pretty well in that.

[@bigchuy]

I'm spoiled. After listening to Karajan conduct this symphony it reminds me how poor others conductors are.

[@user-be9cf5qv2q]

Karajan was very good with Richard Strauss. As for the rest of the German repertoire, he is generally regarded as pretty average. He tended to produce a very homogeneous sound that was dominated by a very well blended, but overemphasized string section. Admittedly, the Berlin Phil did have the best sounding strings during his reign. But this tended to work against the clear articulation of the different instrumental groups. This is pretty obvious in his Schumann - even worse in Beethoven and Haydn. There are any number of younger conductors that have surpassed Karajan's interpretations. However: De gustibus non est disputandum.