Octet in E-flat major, op. 20: Scherzo (orchestral version)

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Annotation

For the première performance of his First Symphony, Mendelssohn orchestrated the Scherzo from his Octet Op. 20 as an alternative third movement. The symphony was premièred in this form at a private gathering on 14 November 1824 to honor his sister Fanny Mendelssohn's 19th birthday. A public première followed on 1 February 1827, with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under the leadership of its then-Kapellmeister Johann Philipp Christian Schulz. Mendelssohn, however, restored the original third movement when the Symphony was published in 1831.

Annotation modifiée en dernier le 2018-08-23 18:41 UTC.

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orchestrateur :Felix Mendelssohn (composer)
compositeur :Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (le 1825)
orchestration de :Octet in E-flat major, op. 20: III. Scherzo: Allegro leggerissimo

Enregistrements

DateTitreAttributsArtisteDurée
recordings
1949-05-31Octet in E-flat major, op. 20: ScherzoHallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli4:43
1972-09-16Octet in E flat, op. 20: Scherzoen publicBBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis?:??
1972-09-16Octet in E-flat major, op. 20: Scherzoen publicBBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis4:50
1984-10Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20: III. ScherzoLondon Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado4:02
1998-07Scherzo from Octet, op. 20Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Lev Markiz4:29
2016-02-16Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 11: III. Scherzo: Sempre pianissimo e leggiero (1829 London version third movement)en publicLondon Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner4:03
Octet for Strings in E-flat major, op. 20: ScherzoPhiladelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy5:30
Octet in E-flat major, op. 20: ScherzoNBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini3:55
Scherzo in G Minor (Octet in E Flat Major, op.20)Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner4:10