Cornelis Dopper
(1870-1939)
Symphony #2 in B Minor (1903)
Päân I
Päân II
Residentie Orchestra, The Hague/Matthias Bamert
Chandos CHAN9884 65:08
The Dutch composer Dopper wrote seven symphonies, some of which lack recordings. This CD is part of a short series on Chandos devoted to Dutch composers, and includes symphonies by Hol and Vermoolen. The second symphony has strong similarities to Brahms and also to Stanford; its second movement has more than a touch of Irishness about it.
The two paeans, written during World War I, are variously heroic and serious. Dopper's third and sixth symphonies are on Chandos CHAN9923, and his seventh on NM Classics NM92060.
