Ferdinand Ries - Symphony No. 5, Op. 90 (1813) [Video #1000]

Video No. 1000.
Ferdinand Ries (28 November 1784 [baptised] – 13 January 1838) was a German composer. Ries was a friend, pupil and secretary of Ludwig van Beethoven. He composed eight symphonies, a violin concerto, eight piano concertos, three operas, and numerous other works in many genres, including 26 string quartets. In 1838 he published a collection of reminiscences of his teacher Beethoven, co-written with Franz Wegeler. The symphonies, some chamber works —most of them with piano— his violin concerto and his piano concertos have been recorded, demonstrating a style which is, unsurprising due to his connection to Beethoven, somewhere between those of the Classical and early Romantic eras.

Symphony No. 5 in d minor, Op. 90 (1813)
Dedication à Monsieur T.B. Heath

I. Allegro
II. Larghetto con moto quasi andante (8:56)
III. Scherzo. Allegro assai (15:04)
IV. Finale. Allegro (21:26)

Zurich Chamber Orchestra conducted by Howard Griffiths

The numbering of Ries' Symphonies are not chronological:
in order by date:
1809 - #1 Op. 23
1813 - #5 Op. 90
1814 - #2 Op. 80
1815 - #3 Op. 112
1818 - #4 Op. 110
1822 - #6 Op. 146 & #8 WoO 30
1835 - #7 Op. 181

Bob Barnett [-]
The Fifth Symphony can only have been written under the exaltation produced by knowing Beethoven’s Fifth. That jerky pecking Fate motif grips the first movement. In addition there are many other wholly delightful touches: try the antiphonal bel canto dialogue at 2:03 onwards. A ‘night-watch’ quick-march haunts the conspiratorial third movement and prepares the ground for the tempestuous return of the Fate motif in the finale. Rossini might well have been an influence too. As for that Fate motif its legacy can also be heard in the finale of the Third Symphony, in the Eighth Symphony and elsewhere. This work was premiered in London on 14 February 1814.

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