Schumann's Symphonies were premiered at the time by Mendelssohn's famous Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig. The Cappella Aquileia conducted by Marcus Bosch attempts to reconstruct the sound of the time. Today's symphony orchestras often have about 80 to 120 musicians. The orchestra in Leipzig at that time counted less than 60. Cappella Aquileia does it with 55 orchestral musicians, led by only eight
… vibrato first violinists. Schumann sounds very agile and slimmed down, as if you're almost listening to chamber music. (HJ)more
