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Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 97, 'Rhenish'

Composer: Robert Schumann
Performers: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ilan Volkov
Recording date: 09 August 2006
Date of broadcast: 09 August 2006

The Rhine was almost magical to German Romantics and Schumann's symphony - vigorous and passionate - is like a celebration of the river's nurturing strength and its many moods.

Completed in only five weeks, Schumann’s third symphony abounds with exhilarant joy evoking the exuberance of the Rhineland - its nature and traditions.

Having recently moved to Dusseldorf, Schumann was however, according to his wife Clara, vexed by ‘incessant street noises, barrel-organs, screaming brats, wagons, etc.’ which deeply affected his concentration.

Composer: Robert Schumann
Performers: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ilan Volkov
Recording date: 09 August 2006
Date of broadcast: 09 August 2006

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