Johannes Goritzki, NDR Radiophilhamonie - Louise Farrenc: Symphony 2, Overtures 1 & 2 (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 220 Mb | Total time: 48:59 min | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 999 820-2 | Recorded: 2001, 2003
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 220 Mb | Total time: 48:59 min | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 999 820-2 | Recorded: 2001, 2003
Alone among Frenchwomen of her era, Louise Farrenc (née Dupont) (1804-1875) achieved real fame as a composer during her lifetime. She was also a brilliant pianist and was the only woman teacher of any instrument at the Paris Conservatoire in the whole of the 19th century. She had come to this rare acclaim as the result of a liberal upbringing amongst a family of noted painters and sculptors living in an enclave of similarly artistic and intellectual families at the Sorbonne. She studied with Reicha from her teens, but her lessons had to be private because women were not allowed to study as regular pupils at the Conservatoire. She wrote three symphonies; Nos. 1 & 3 are contained on an earlier issue from cpo featuring the same artists, the NDR Radiophilharmonie (Hannover) conducted by Johannes Goritzki, also available (and favorably reviewed) here at Amazon. This CD contains the middle symphony and two much earlier overtures, simply called 'No. 1' and 'No. 2.'