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Hans G\u00e1l-<\/strong>
\nSymphony no. 1 in D opus 30
\nRobert Schumann-<\/strong>
\nSymphony no. 1 B flat opus 38 \u201cSpring\u201d<\/p>\n

Orchestra of the Swan- Kenneth Woods<\/strong>
\nRecorded December 2-3 2013
\nCivic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon
\nProduced, engineered and edited by Simon Fox G\u00e1l
\nReleased 3 March, 2014 (Avie Records AV 2233)
\nFor more details, please go to the Bobby \u00a0and Hans home page.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis account is a joy to hear from start to exuberant finish, perfectly paced and superbly played\u2026 Very strongly recommended!\u201d
\n<\/em>Guy Rickards- Gramophone<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHis\u00a0<\/span>Schumann\u00a0<\/a>is a revelation: transparent, graceful, melancholy, exquisitely romantic. He\u2019s comartistxcite.complemented by the symphonic opus of the Viennese expressionist\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Hans G\u00e1l<\/a>\u2026 \u00a0This album marks the finale of a four-album complete recording of\u00a0Schumann<\/a>\u2018s and G\u00e1l\u2019s symphonies. The final result may be the most compelling reawakening of Schumann in the last decades \u2013 and simultaneously a long-overdue vindication of Hans G\u00e1l.\u201d \u00a0<\/em>
\nRainer Aschemaier-\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0artistxcite.com<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNot one but two Schumann Spring Symphonies hove into earshot. Kenneth Woods and the Orchestra of the Swan versus Yannick Nezet-Seguin and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Woods wins it. One needs express no surprise when the committed outfit with its own conductor beats the prestige youngsters under the rising star jet-setter.\u00a0 The Woods performance is tighter, rhythmically crisper, richer in contrasts, more characterful and always closer to the composer\u2019s wishes. \u201d
\n<\/em>Rick Jones- Words and Music<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI would find it hard to imagine anyone handling it any better than Woods, nor any orchestra playing it with more accuracy and enthusiasm.\u201d<\/em>
\nJohn Puccio, Classical Candor<\/strong><\/p>\n