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Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

185128 min

This guide follows Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (1851) in three parts: Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft (sonata form), Scherzo: Lebhaft (minuet and trio) and Langsam - Lebhaft (sonata form).

Recording: hr-Sinfonieorchester, Philippe Herreweghe

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  1. I - · Sonata form
  2. II: · Minuet and trio
  3. III - · Sonata form
I - Sonata form0:45–11:08

(fairly slow), then (lively). The slow opens with the whole orchestra on a A, the upbeat to D minor, from which a low, melancholy unwinds. The bustling first of the echoes the shape of that , and the and a second- hardly break the drive. A long follows and runs until the , and then the starts. A sombre chord for the woodwinds bridges to the .

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II: Minuet and trio14:37–19:17
III - Sonata form19:18–28:49

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Robert SchumannSymphoniesRomantic periodD minorSonata formMinuet and trio

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