Composer: Franz Schubert
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra
Conductor: Iván Fischer
Format: DSD64 (dsf tracks)
Label: Channel Classics
Release: 2011
Size: 2.75 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony no. 9 (Great) in C major D 944
01. Andante _ Allegro ma non troppo
02. Andante con moto
03. Scherzo. Allegro Vivace
04. Allegro Vivace
Five German Dances and Seven Trios with Coda D89
05. No. 1
06. No. 2
07. No. 3
08. No. 4
09. No. 5
A new dimension is added to the marvellous transition from the simple horn melody to a symphony when it is played on natural horns. Why did Schubert choose horns? Three notes sound open, the next stopped, the next stopped in a different way, like a melody roughly hewn from marble. Only when the oboe takes over is the unevenness polished away, removing limitations and barriers and transporting us into a magical realm of eternity. I must say that I find this transition most touching if the natural horn players do their best to equalize, to overcome their natural unevenness – like handicapped athletes do. Small C-clarinets and narrow trombones give this symphony a special colour. The woodwinds have a leading role, playing all the Viennese songs, serenades, popular tunes and dances. Even if it is an orchestral work, here and there it feels like the seventh volume of Schubert’s Lieder.