Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra
Conductor: René Jacobs
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5186759
Release: 2020
Size: 0.98 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
Symphony No. 3 in D major, D200
05. I. Adagio maestoso – Allegro con brio
06. II. Allegretto
07. III. Menuetto. Vivace
08. IV. Presto vivace
Multiple prize-winning conductor René Jacobs and the B Rock Orchestra continue their Schubert cycle on PENTATONE with a recording of the composer’s Second and Third Symphony. Jacobs approaches these pieces as a symphonic pair revealing contrasting aspects of Schubert’s personality and compositional approach; the former being serious, ambitious, aiming to outdo Beethoven, while the latter is deliberately un-heroic: light, lyrical, and full of Italianizing elements. Interestingly, Jacobs discerns a comparable tandem approach in Schubert’s Fourth and Fifth Symphonies, which will form the next episode of this recording project. The players of the B Rock Orchestra present these works on period instruments, transparent, but full of fire.