Symphony No.2

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The product of a brilliant 17-year-old, this symphony, while not a masterwork to rank with the Beethoven symphonies it emulated, is nevertheless a quite remarkable effort. Cast in four movements, it is already decidedly grander in scale and outlook than the 1813 Symphony No. 1. The opening movement of the Second begi... read more

Recorded versions of this work

2015 • 4 tracks • 35m

Berliner Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2007 • 4 tracks • 33m

András Schiff, Philharmonia Orchestra

1993 • 4 tracks • 33m

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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