Jan Willem de Vriend / The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra
Jan Willem de Vriend / The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Schubert: Symphonies | Complete Edition
Residentieorkest The Hague
Jan Willem de Vriend
Challenge Classics / HQ|NORTHSTAR
Catalogue CC79004
(Low Resolution excerpts)
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.
DISC 1
NO. 2 I. Largo - Allegro vivace
NO. 2 II. Andante
NO. 2 III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace - Trio
NO. 2 IV. Presto
NO. 4 I. Adagio molto - Allegro vivace
NO. 4 II. Andante
NO. 4 III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace - Trio
NO. 4 IV. Allegro
DISC 2
Symphony NO.3, D200 IV Presto vivace
Symphony NO.8, D759 I Allegro moderato
Symphony NO.8, D759 II Andante con moto
Symphony NO.1, D82 I Adagio-Allegro vivace
Symphony NO.1, D82 II Andante
Symphony NO.1, D82 III MENUETTO-Allegretto
Symphony NO.1, D82 IV Allegro Vivace
Symphony NO.3, D200 I Adagio maestoso-Allegro con brio
Symphony NO.3, D200 II Allegretto
Symphony NO.3, D200 III MENUETTO-Vivace-TRIO
DISC 3
DISC 4
DISC 5
- Overture in the Italian Style Opus D. 590
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