Franz Schubert: Symphonies | Complete Edition + Bonus Track
Residentieorkest The Hague
Jan Willem de Vriend
Challenge Classics / HQ|NORTHSTAR
Catalogue CC 72997
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About the Albums
Schubert composed his first five symphonies while still a teenager, but they represent just one facet of his prodigious fluency. At this time some of his musical ideas bear a family resemblance to certain themes from Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven, but already his own musical character is evident. He began his Second Symphony in December 1814 and had finished it by 24th March the following year.
He completed the Fourth Symphony in about three to four weeks during April 1816. We should not read too much into the Fourth Symphony’s “Tragic” appendage, added by Schubert as an afterthought. It may be merely an example of the flippant comments which he wrote on some of his youthful scores, but nevertheless the symphony has more gravitas than its predecessors. Schubert also includes a second pair of horns to enrich the texture. Actually, this is the only piece of non-programmatic music to which he gave a descriptive title.
Album tracks
DISC 1
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NO. 2 I. Largo - Allegro vivace
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NO. 2 II. Andante
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NO. 2 III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace - Trio
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NO. 2 IV. Presto
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NO. 4 I. Adagio molto - Allegro vivace
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NO. 4 II. Andante
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NO. 4 III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace - Trio
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NO. 4 IV. Allegro
DISC 2
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Symphony NO.3, D200 IV Presto vivace
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Symphony NO.8, D759 I Allegro moderato
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Symphony NO.8, D759 II Andante con moto
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Symphony NO.1, D82 I Adagio-Allegro vivace
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Symphony NO.1, D82 II Andante
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Symphony NO.1, D82 III MENUETTO-Allegretto
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Symphony NO.1, D82 IV Allegro Vivace
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Symphony NO.3, D200 I Adagio maestoso-Allegro con brio
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Symphony NO.3, D200 II Allegretto
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Symphony NO.3, D200 III MENUETTO-Vivace-TRIO
DISC 3
- Andante – Allegro, ma non troppo – Più moto
- Andante con moto
- Allegro vivace – Trio
- Allegro vivace
DISC 4
Symphony No. 5 D. 485
[1] Allegro 7:26
[2] Andante con moto 9:33
[3] Menuetto. Allegro molto 8:50
[4] Allegro vivace 8:50
Symphony No. 6 D. 589
[5] Adagio - Allegro 9:14
[6] Andante 5:43
[7] Scherzo. Presto - Più lento 6:11
[8] Allegro moderato 9:26
DISC 5
- Overture in the Italian Style Opus D. 590
