Since Edvard Grieg's Symphony in C minor was his only work in the symphonic genre, and because he inscribed it with the warning "Must never be performed," it provokes curiosity and makes one hope that it might actually be a long lost magnum opus that he merely underrated. Yet there is little reason to get excited over this piece: it proves to be a skillful yet unexceptional example of mid-nineteenth century Romantic symphonic writing, with some charming passages and an agreeable tone, but with nothing especially striking or ...
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Since Edvard Grieg's Symphony in C minor was his only work in the symphonic genre, and because he inscribed it with the warning "Must never be performed," it provokes curiosity and makes one hope that it might actually be a long lost magnum opus that he merely underrated. Yet there is little reason to get excited over this piece: it proves to be a skillful yet unexceptional example of mid-nineteenth century Romantic symphonic writing, with some charming passages and an agreeable tone, but with nothing especially striking or memorable about its themes, development, orchestration, or structure. Its style falls safely between Mendelssohn's and Schumann's, and its layout of four movements -- with a dance-like Intermezzo taking the place of a scherzo -- is conventional and unremarkable for the 20-year old Grieg. Rather in the same way that Georges Bizet's youthful and bland Symphony in C major (composed eight years before this work) reflects a static period in symphonic development and fails to predict much...
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