Search - Heinrich Schulz-Beuthen, Adriano, Moscow Symphony Orchestra :: Heinrich Schulz-Beuthen: Symphonie Nr. 5 "Reformationshymnus"

A real Find

Kenneth Gilman | Miami Fla | 05/31/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Schulz-Beuthen was a pupil of Moscheles & Reinecke & a fellow student along with Grieg & Svendsen. Pretty good company. His music is every bit as interesting, beautiful & well orchestrated as you might expect from the above associations. His music has been forgotten for a variety of reasons, none of which have anything to do with the quality of his music. First, he moved repeatedly, Germany to Switzerland to Austria & then to Saxony. He was also a difficult personality with few if any friends. He spent his last years in an insane asylum and finally, most of his music, which had never been published, was destroyed in the fire bombing of Dresden during the Second World War. This cd is a real find foir anyone interested in late German Romantic music. He wrote a good deal of music, but apparently little still exists. This cd was recorded in 2002 so I can only hope that if enough copies of this cd sells, more of his music will be recorded."