Richard Flury: Orchestral Music, Volume Five
This fifth volume of the orchestral works of the late-Romantic Swiss composer Richard Flury (1896–1967) brings two works deeply bound up with his native Solothurn, in the north-west of the country. His Fastnachts-Sinfonie, or ‘Carnival Symphony’, is an expansive symphonic poem predicated on local legend and folk tradition, embracing both frolic and feeling. The Third Symphony – in which one can hear traces of Bruckner and Richard Strauss – celebrates the rolling hills and endless skies of the Bucheggberg, where he loved to go walking and where, the freewheeling music would suggest, his heart found freedom.
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann, conductor
Listen To This Recording:
Fastnachts-Sinfonie (1928)** (19:18)
- Tranquillo non troppo sostenuto – (6:02)
- Allegro – (8:23)
- Tranquillo non troppo sostenuto (4:53)
Symphony No. 3 in B Minor, Bucheggbergische (1946)* (55:04)
- I. Allegro (15:03)
- II. Andante (15:38)
- III. Molto vivace (Scherzo) (8:49)
- IV. Allegro Finale (15:34)
Classical Music Sentinel :
‘The people at Toccata Classics deserve plaudits for producing and presenting multiple volumes of this composer’s hitherto overlooked music. […]
If you’re into the orchestral music of all the powerhouse composers like Bruckner, Strauss, Mahler, Langgaard, etc … I would strongly recommend you add Richard Flury CDs to your collection. Not only for your own benefit and listening pleasure but also to substantiate these record labels’ efforts.
—Jean-Yves Duperron, Classical Music Sentinel