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WEINGARTNER; FELIX
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Weingartner: Violin Concerto/Breuninger
Felix Weingartner’s 1912 violin concerto is decidedly late-romantic in style, its violin writing ranging from Mendelssohnian to the kind of thing you would hear in…
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STRING QUARTETS, VOL. 1
Contrary to Harold C. Schonberg’s patronizing remarks about Felix Weingartner’s creative output, recent releases from CPO prove that the noted conductor was a much better…
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Weingartner: Fifth Symphony SACD
Felix Weingartner’s symphonies go through all the motions: the allegros try to be purposefully developmental, the adagios strive for elevated tone. The finale of the…
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Weingartner: Symphony No. 3 SACD
Beethoven’s “Eroica” teaches all subsequent generations of composers a critical lesson: the longer the work, the more clear-cut the large-scale form needs to be, and…
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Weingartner: Orchestral works, Vol. 2
I enjoyed the first volume in this series very much, and this next installment continues the favorable impression. Felix Weingartner was a symphonist in the…
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Weingartner: Symphony 1
Only three years’ Mahler’s junior, Felix Weingartner (1863-1942) writes like a member of the older generation, but that’s not a bad thing at all given…
