A product of Strauss' youth, the F minor symphony is less thick and bewildering than his later works and thus responds to a simpler, more flowing interpretation. Hiroshi Wakasugi allows the large-scale work to unfold gracefully and draws from the Tokyo players a particularly well-balanced and well-blended sound. His pacing seems deliberate in the outer movements, and even in the second-movement scherzo, a sense of tranquillity prevails. Strauss' amateurish but enthusiastic finale is also well served by Wakasugi's lyrical ...
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A product of Strauss' youth, the F minor symphony is less thick and bewildering than his later works and thus responds to a simpler, more flowing interpretation. Hiroshi Wakasugi allows the large-scale work to unfold gracefully and draws from the Tokyo players a particularly well-balanced and well-blended sound. His pacing seems deliberate in the outer movements, and even in the second-movement scherzo, a sense of tranquillity prevails. Strauss' amateurish but enthusiastic finale is also well served by Wakasugi's lyrical and unexaggerated reading. The booklet notes are exhaustive as regards both the emotional genesis of the work and its complex musical structure. The recording itself is indexed in the booklet, with themes, cadences, developments, recapitulations, and the like identified. The work may thus be studied in minute detail.Also a product of his youth, Strauss' Romanze for cello is less naïve than the F minor symphony. Soloist Mara Fujiwara matches a full tone against the composer's typically...
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