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Herreweghe: Schubert – Symphonies no.2 & 5 (24/96 FLAC)

Herreweghe: Schubert - Symphonies no.2 & 5 (24/96 FLAC)
Herreweghe: Schubert – Symphonies no.2 & 5 (24/96 FLAC)

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Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: PHI
Catalogue: LPH028
Release: 2017
Size: 1.04 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D125
01. I. Largo – Allegro vivace
02. II. Andante
03. III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace
04. IV. Presto vivace

Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Andante con moto
07. III. Menuetto. Allegro molto
08. IV. Allegro vivace

After the success of his recordings of Symphonies nos. 1, 3 and 4, released on the Phi label in 2016, Philippe Herreweghe offers us the next instalment of Schubert’s orchestral output with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic: the Symphony no.2 D. 125 and Symphony no.5 D. 485 – both in B flat major. Like those on the previous disc, these works from his youth – written when the Viennese composer was not yet twenty years old – mark the promising beginnings of an already highly accomplished composer. They demonstrate finesse of large-scale symphonic construction, even though the Fifth is the least heavily scored of the cycle – it is the only one that does not call for clarinets, trumpets and timpani. The Second, with its light character, requires just as much subtlety from the orchestra – which Philippe Herreweghe and the Philharmonic provide with their accurate and intelligent playing throughout this album.

A new homage from the Belgian conductor to the genius of the Viennese composer, whose later symphonies are better-known to us, while his earlier works are – quite unfairly – not played or recorded enough!

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