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"To Petersen, Bruckner was the ne plus ultra of symphonic writing, though at least in the 3rd Symphony this influence is felt more in terms of scale, form, and ambition than thematically. The Third Symphony, receiving its premiere recording here, is an hour-long three-movement Romantic work of considerable substance. The large first movement (25 minutes) is in sonata form, with a strikingly dramatic first subject and a songful second. The emergence of the development section, with its rigorous, muscular counterpoint, strongly suggests the influence of Bruckner (as inculcated, no doubt, by his more academic disciple, Klose). Virtually every appearance of every theme in the symphony - and the majority of Petersen's other mature works, for that matter - is richly embellished with contrapuntal elaboration. After the turbulence and tragic climaxes of the development, the two themes re-emerge triumphantly writ large in the final peroration of the recapitulation, followed by a transcendently reflective coda. The central Andante is relaxed and flowing, and the finale, still formally rigorous and contrapuntally intricate, brings the symphony to an energetic and high-spirited conclusion." - Records International Constantin Trinks heads the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in this debut recording of Wilhelm Petersens Symphony No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30.