Hugo Reinhold - Symphony in C (1892)

[Ilja]

Something evidently went wrong when I attempted to merge Martin's announcement of his latest rendition and Terry's reaction to it in another board. No idea what, but it was undoubtedly my clumsiness that led to the removal of both. My apologies to both Martin and Terry.

In any case,

Here is Martin Walsh's rendition of the Symphony in C by the Austrian composer Hugo Reinhold (3 March 1854 – 4 September 1935).

[terry martyn]

Martin thought that the first movement reminded him of Dvorak and asked for comments,and I said that it was the deft use of the woodwind.

[Mark Thomas]

It's a surprisingly (maybe refreshingly?) modest symphony for 1892 but, in many ways, rather what one might have expected from Rheinhold, if one knows his piano music. It's not big on drama, but there's a lot of subtle incident in the outer movements although, pace Martin, I can't say that I heard much Dvorak in the opening Allegro. For me, the most interesting and inventive movement was the third, not really a scherzo but tempo di menuetto, although there's nothing 18th century about it. In its understated way, this is a worthwhile addition to the symphonic canon and, as ever, kudos to Martin for bringing it back to life.

[Reverie]

Thanks Mark. Before the original post got inadvertantly removed I did say it was the 3rd movement which put me in mind of Dvorak not the first - (I think Terry got a tad muddled when he thought it was the 1st movement)

[terry martyn]

Yes!  Apologies!

I thought we were going to morph into Dvorak's Eighth in the latter stages of the third movement.

[Mark Thomas]

Ah, that explains it. Yes, I can quite see why you were reminded, Martin.

[Ilja]

... and did I catch a Schumann quote at the beginning of the fourth movement?...

[tpaloj]

A very fine symphony, thank you Martin for making this realisation available!