Fortune dealt Hans Rott a cruel hand. The Austrian composer, born in Vienna in 1858, struggled as a freelance musician and died at the age of twenty-five soon after succumbing to mental illness. Rott’s name lives on thanks to his Symphony No. 1 in E major and receives top billing in a new recording by the Bamberg Symphony and its Chief Conductor Jakub Hrůša. They complete their program with the Symphonic Prelude by Rott’s organ teacher Anton Bruckner and Blumine by his friend and fellow Vienna Conservatory student Gustav Mahler.
Hans Rott: Symphony No. 1 – Bamberg Symphony, Jakub Hrůša
