Orchestra of the Swan & Kenneth Woods - Hans G�l: Symphony No. 3, Schumann: Symphony No. 3 'Rhenish'

Avie continues to bring to light the music of Hans G�l � music well worth championing, according to The Sunday Times (London) � with the world premiere recording of the Third Symphony conducted by committed advocate, American conductor Kenneth Woods with the enterprising Stratford-based Orchestra of the Swan.Written in the post-war years, after the continental Briton had settled in Edinburgh, the work ranges from lyrical tranquillity to a densely contrapuntal and rhythmically complex style. G�l's compositional pedigree is strongly linked to the Austro-German tradition going back to the 18th century Viennese classical masters. The pairing of Schumann's Third Symphony is appropriate, presenting G�l's music alongside symphonic repertoire that represents its roots and core values.Woods made headlines with his first recording of G�l's music on Avie with orchestral and concertante works conducting Northern Sinfonia (AV2146). Here he conducts Orchestra of the Swan, where he is Principal Guest Conductor, in the first of a projected cycle of all four of Hans G�l's symphonies.Personnel: Orchestra of the Swan, Kenneth Woods (conductor)Critical acclaim: Gloriously tuneful late-Romantic masterworks � music that compels attention. � Gramophone Highly polished account, with orchestral playing throughout most assured. � GramophoneMusic well worth championing...plenty of rich tonal harmony and adventurous harmonic excursion, together with a ripe sense of the lyrical. � The Sunday Times