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Symphony 33

Since 2017 Golo Berg has been the general music director of the Munster Symphony Orchestra, which was founded by the composer Fritz Volbach in 1919. It was only logical that Berg would also occupy himself with the composer around this centennial year, and Volbach turned out to be a significant personality both as a musicologist and as a composer. Berg and cpo both were surprised by the originality and high quality of these works. During the first decade of the twentieth century Volbach's name continued to be thoroughly familiar to people who were interested in music; his works were regularly included in programs, but then they were forgotten somewhat. Volbach's most popular works included the Symphonic Poem Es waren zwei Konigskinder" based on the famous folk ballad of the same name. Like Richard Strauss in Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Volbach drew on this universally familiar material of folk character in response to the turn-of-the-century predilection for German tales and sagas. He attached great importance to clear structure and an intelligible musical realization, so that the story of the two enamored but unlucky royal children can be imagined without difficulty. The subsequently composed Symphony in B minor formed the crowning conclusion of Volbach's instrumental music for orchestral ensembles. It represents, so to speak, the "royal category" at the end of his development inasmuch as his aim in this form was to demonstrate his true mastery as a composer."

Country of Pressing	US
Released	2019
Music Genre	Classical
Label	CPO RECORDS
Condition	New
UPC	761203788620
SKU	al-761203788620

1.1 Es waren zwei Königskinder / Sinfonische Dichtung / Symphonic Poem Op. 21
1.2 Symphony Op. 33 in B minor~Lebhaft und tratzig
1.3 Symphony Op. 33 in B minor~Scherzo. Presto
1.4 Symphony Op. 33 in B minor~Adagio molto
1.5 Symphony Op. 33 in B minor~Mächtig, feierlich - Lebhaft, bestimmt