Overture, Scherzo and Finale
# Overture, Scherzo and Finale

The Overture, Scherzo and Finale (German: Ouvertüre, Scherzo und Finale) in E major is a work for symphony orchestra by Robert Schumann. It is his opus 52, and was written in 1841. Schumann originally considered it his second symphony. The Overture, Scherzo and Finale was received tepidly by critics, was revised in 1845 and published the next year, with a dedication to Johannes Verhulst.

## Structure

The work is in three movements:

* Overture. (Andante con moto in E minor – Allegro in E major and time) (sketched and completed in April 1841)
* Scherzo. Vivo, in $^6$ $_8$ time and in C♯ minor, whose theme is based on that of the overture. It has a trio section in D♭ major, in contrasting $^2$ $_4$ time whose material reappears as the coda of the movement.
* Finale. Allegro molto vivace (orchestrated around May 1841)

## Recordings

* Paul Kletzki conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
* John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
* Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
* Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker
* Sir Georg Solti conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker
* Franz Konwitschny conducting the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
* Carl Schuricht conducting the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
* Lawrance Collingwood conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, 1953
* Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony
