Franz Schmidt - Symphony No.1 in E-major (1899) 

One of the most underrated composers ever. He did his time with Mahler and tried a different approach. His work, esp. Symphonies 1 and 4 got basically lost in time. He - as I hear it - is much underrated and should be reconsidered in the line of extremely good composers

I have been listening to all of his symphonies and he is absolutely great.

Una grande sinfonia di un compositore perfettamente immerso e adeguato alla cultura musicale austro-teutonica del suo tempo.

A wonderful symphony, all four movements. Has been a favourite for a while, good to see it getting some exposure on RU-vid.

Such a majestic Symphony from a relatively young man. Loved the great counterpoint, harmony, and orchestral color! Franz Schmidt was part of a mighty group of composers including A. von Zemlinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, Franz Schreker, Joseph Marx, and von Hausseger (and E.W. Korngold later on). Movement IV seems at times, almost poly-stylistic or neoclassical, with some pasages sounding like composers from J.S. Bachs time !

Some of these lesser known composers it takes a bit for it to really grow on you. But this recent time that I heard this symphony, it is magnificent and beautiful. He starts at the beginning introducing all of these beautiful themes.

Sehr schön!

The recording of this incredible music, played by the Malmö SO with Mr. Sinaisky, was on YT before, removed shortly after, and now it is here again, and I hope it is here to stay. For some strange reason Mr Schmidt is always being mentioned in connection with other composers; Bruckner (understandable), Reger, even Schubert, but Schmidt's music is a class of its own, unique and authentic as can be. Personally I consider Mr. Schmidt as one of the greatest composers of his era. Just imagine, written at the age of 22, as the uploader says. Thanks for posting. The fourth, with Zubin Mehta, is a must hear as well (also on YT).

Very nice piece. Thanks Kuhlau.. for posting these "unknown" composers. In comments its often reffered to Bruckner. I try to listen to him several times but i can not stand most of his symphonies. This one for example is much more enyoable to listen too.

Absolutely amazingly festive and beautiful!! xo

Another wonderful upload by our friend "KuhlauDilfeng2". Thank you..!!

Deze site met vergeten componisten is een verademing om naar te luisteren!!

Wonderful. Thank you.

Beautiful music from the long twilight of the age optimism. Like the hour before dusk, when the garden is bathed in shades of orange and purples, one can not help but linger a few extra minutes to soak up the final rays of light before the setting of the sun, to inhale the sweetness of the evening breeze, and to listen to the overture to the natural symphony performed by the insects. The twilight of the reign of Queen Victoria and the short rule of ser son, King Edward, really was nothing more than a prolonging of the innocent cosmopolitan boyancy of the second half of the nineteenth century and a momentary steeming of what was to some. And to think, only a mere sixteen years after the composition of this grand symphony, the very land that served as muse for such a work would be thrust into the bloodiest disaster man had ever undertaken. No longer would the gardens we graced by the pastoral symphonies of nature at sundown, no, world war one brought about a cacophony of horror and crescendo after crescendo of discordant misery. One can not help but weep for what was lost.

Ooooo oooo boy😅 this is so true that we are going to be in a great place hearing these wonderful symphonies😊 ❤

wunderschön. etwas jenseits der zeitströhmung.

The second one is my favourite of his 4 symphonies. Really gigantic, and most difficult to play, overall for strings...

1:22 and various parts thereafter remind me of the prelude to act III of Lohengrin

EXTRAORDINARY!!!

A delightful symphony. Reminiscence of the old Romantic symphonies like Mendelssohn, Schubert and others.

Wunderbar, dieses Stück!

A new discovery for me. 🙂

very good!

He tenido un feliz encuentro con este compositor austriaco al que no conocía

You can hear his influence on John Williams throughout. Great stuff here.

In the "official" classical world the late romantic/postromantic German and Austrian symphonists were deprecated, especially after World War 2, with the exceptions of Brahms and Richard Strauss. Bruckner gradually came back, Leonard Bernstein's advocacy in the 1960's turned lots of people on to Mahler, since then von Zemlinsky and Korngold have received serious attention, and now there is Franz Schmidt! Sinaisky's recording of Symphony No. 1 with the Malmo symphony should convince listeners, but the work needs more champions. Maybe Semyon Bychkov and the Vienna Philharmonic would consider it after their wonderful No. 2, recently named Recording of the Month for July 2017 in the BBC classical recordings magazine!

Many thanks for posting !! F.Schmidt ist nicht mehr so ernst wie A.Bruckner, in Themenvielfalt ideenreicher und fröhlicher als der Hanseate J.Brahms oder die melancholische Spätromantik des Max Bruch, erinnert stark an Folklore von Anton Dvorak. .

Wasn't familiar with the symphony at all. Love it!

I hear Brahms in the first movement of this symphony, especially in the three-note figure played by the winds.

I still hear traces of Schumann in this...as well as the Bruckner, Wagner etc....but there's something else in the sound by which you could never mistake it for another composer's work.

Not necessarily musically or technically, but I find an emotional similarity with parts of this beautiful symphony and the magnificent, absolutely gorgeous symphony by Hans Rott!

Schmidt--a pupil of Bruckner--is very popular in his native Austria.

Prachtig. Waarom horen we deze muziek nooit in de Nederlandse concertzalen???????????

If you enjoy Franz Schmidt you might be interested in these interviews: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jkCSTO8QClc.html

I hear some Sibelius. Not surprising considering the time period.

I like this guy! nothing pretentious, nothing profound; just fun!

The first few minutes....oh so Don Juan.

He may have studied under Bruckner, but he sounds more Richard Strauss. No other composer sounds like Bruckner.

What a glorious and assured symphony from such a young composer ! I understand the comparison with Bruckner but I'll take Schmidt over Bruckner any day. I find Bruckner''s music majestic and awesome, but also static and soulless, and dare I say, quite boring. With Schmidt, things are happening all the time. Excellent performance too although one could wish for more opulence by a more world-class orchestra.

prekrasno !