Hans Rott: Symphony No. 1 [MQA/UHQCD]

by Jakub Hrusa, Bamberger Symphoniker

Overview

Hans Rott's Symphony No. 1 in E major was completed in 1880. Shortly afterward, Brahms turned the work down for performance, and Rott, increasingly in the grip of mental illness, pulled a gun on a train and claimed that Brahms had rigged the train with dynamite. The work was forgotten and not performed until 1989. It has been recorded a few times, but this reading by conductor Jakub Hrusa and the Bamberg Symphony on Deutsche Grammophon is the first on a major label apart from, perhaps, a Cincinnati Philharmonia reading from 1993 on Hyperion, and Hrusa learned about the symphony when he ran across it on the Internet. Rott was a star student of Bruckner, and Mahler, who knew his works well and may have emulated them, called Rott "the founder of the new symphony as I myself understand it." The Scherzo of this symphony is Mahlerian, and there are influences of Wagner and Bruckner as well. Rott, for the most part, fills his large structures with energy, even in the nearly 25-minute finale. Hrusa, already an expert Mahlerian, was an ideal choice here, and the Bamberg Symphony players are top-notch in the many solo passages. He makes the case that this symphony belongs in the regular repertory, and listeners for whom this is a first exposure to the work may well agree. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	10/21/2022
Label:	Deutsche Grammophon
UPC:	4988031530269
Rank:	186321

Tracks

1. Symphony No. 1 in E major~1. Alla breve
2. Symphony No. 1 in E major~2. Sehr langsam
3. Symphony No. 1 in E major~3. Scherzo. Frisch und lebhaft - Trio
4. Symphony No. 1 in E major~4. Sehr langsam - Die Halben wie die fr¿¿heren Viertel. Belebt - Noch ein wenig belebter. Fuge - Tempo der Einleitung, die Viertel wie die fr¿¿heren Halben
5. Andante allegretto "Blumine"
6. Symphonic Prelude in C minor WAB 297

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jakub Hrusa   Primary Artist,Conductor
Bamberger Symphoniker   Primary Artist,Orchestra

Technical Credits

Sebastian Braun   Recording Producer
Bert Hageis   Editing
Wolfgang Hiltl   Editing
Marian Lenhard   Photography,Cover Photo
Johannes Gleim   Executive Producer
Hans Rott   Composer
Andreas Herzau   Photography
Thorsten Kuhn   Balance Engineer
Heidi Rogge   Liner Notes
Christian Jaeger   Balance Engineer
Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs   Editing
Gustav Mahler   Composer
Anton Bruckner   Composer
Oliver Kreyssig   Creative Producer
Bert Hagels   Editing
Alexander Moore   Liner Note Translation
Fred Munzmaier   Design
Eva Reisinger   Booklet Editor
Markus Spatz   Balance Engineer
Eckhard Glauche   Executive Producer
Jakub Hrusa   Liner Notes
Bernhard Albrecht   Recording Producer