tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649153160602115554.post1562005702549890470..comments2024-03-28T18:35:10.663-07:00Comments on Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review: Franz Schmidt, Symphony No. 2, Richard Strauss, Dreaming By the Fireside, Wiener Philharmoniker, Semyon BychkovGrego Applegate Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188040049179872295noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649153160602115554.post-83145471633525690352017-07-20T07:58:17.782-07:002017-07-20T07:58:17.782-07:00What damage to a reputation can result from allowi...What damage to a reputation can result from allowing oneself to be "used" by the Nazis (it didn't do Furtwangler and Karajan much harm in the end...but then they outlived Schmidt by some considerable margin), as well as, arguably, having an unmemorable surname ("Smith" in German, of course)! I stand by my assertion, made elsewhere, that, in terms of composers with four symphonies to their name, Schmidt's aren't far behind Brahms's and Schumann's. No.4 is my favourite, inevitably, but no.2 is just as remarkable in its own way.Chris Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00966794639194712056noreply@blogger.com