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Hans Rott, Kjell Lysell, Leif Segerstam
Hans Rott: Symphony in E major
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (4) - Disc #1
1. Symphony in E major: 1. Alla breve
2. Symphony in E major: 2. (Adagio): Sehr langsam
3. Symphony in E major: 3. Frisch und lebhaft
4. Symphony in E major: 4. Sehr langsam - Belebt

CD Details

All Artists: Hans Rott, Kjell Lysell, Leif Segerstam, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Title: Hans Rott: Symphony in E major
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bis
Release Date: 4/26/1993
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Style: Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 182478039826, 750582035425, 7318590005637

Synopsis

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Hans Rott was a friend of Gustav Mahler's and Hugo Wolf's in their conservatory days, and his career was to end sadly, like Wolf's, in madness probably brought on by syphilis. While traveling by rail to take up a job as a choral director, his mind gave way and he claimed that Brahms had rigged the train to explode. He never reported for work, obviously. Mahler himself acknowledged that Rott's symphony was drawn from the same soil as his own early works, and while Rott had nothing like Mahler's skill as an orchestrator, this student piece has so many melodic and structural ideas in common with Mahler that the resemblance is sometimes scary. If you like Mahler, give it a listen. You're in for a shock! --David Hurwitz

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CD Reviews

A surprising composer

Lauro Machado Coelho | São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil | 09/08/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Rott, Bruckner's pupil, wrote only one symphony at age 20 and died insane 26 years old. He was a precocious genius who lacked recognition (Brahms said his music was vulgar). This E major Symphony is distinctly pre-mahlerian -- its Scherzo has all the typical features of a burlesque Mahler scherzo. The sheer beauty of Rott's music, its force of persuasion makes us regret the fact that his talent could not develop -- the History of Music loses a lot with his sad fate and untimely death."

Late Romantic Excess In All Its Blazing Glory

Goldbaker | 11/25/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Wandered into this one a few days ago totally at random. I had never heard of the composer, conductor, or orchestra. I can't stop listening to it. After two decades of going through Mahler, R. Strauss, and Bruckner over and over again, I finally found something new.

Apparently, this was written in 1880 when the composer was 22. It predates anything by Mahler and Richard Strauss. Brahms only had two symphonies done at this time, and Bruckner had not yet written his great symphony in E major (the 7th). While the Wagner and Bruckner influences are clear, this piece has a voice all its own. Mahler must have been well aware of it -- the similarities are striking. Neither the composition or recording are perfect, but Mr. Segerstam and the orchestra provide an all-out performance that is genuinely thrilling."