Paul Robinson: Franz Lachner Symphonies 5 and 8

Franz Lachner - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor "Preis Symphony" Op. 52 (1835)
Conducted by Paul Robinson with the Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra.

I. Andante - Allegro - 00:00
II. Andante Con Moto - 20:46
III. Menuetto - 36:12
IV. Finale - Allegro - 47:00

The fifth of Lachner's eight symphonies, the Symphony in C minor, Opus 52, generally known as the Preis-Symphonie, and in Germany as the Passionata, was written in 1835, when Lachner was conductor of the opera at Mannheim. The symphony won a prize offered by the Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, but Schumann, an acute critic, thought the following symphony, No. 6 in D major, twice as good.

Franz Lachner - Symphony No. 8 in G Minor Op. 100 (1851)
Conducted by Paul Robinson with the Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra.


I. Andante - Allegro Maestoso - 00:00
II. Andante - 16:49
III. Scherzo - 29:36
IV. Finale - Allegro Vivace - 36:24

Franz Paul Lachner was a German composer and conductor.