Overture, Scherzo and Finale
The Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major is a work for symphony orchestra by Robert Schumann. It is his opus 52, and was written in 1841. Schumann originally considered it his second symphony. The Overture, Scherzo and Finale was received tepidly by critics, was revised in 1845 and published the next year, with a dedication to Johannes Verhulst.
Structure
The work is in three movements:Recordings
- Paul Kletzki conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
- John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
- Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker
- Sir Georg Solti conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker
- Franz Konwitschny conducting the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
- Carl Schuricht conducting the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
- Lawrance Collingwood conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, 1953
- Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony