Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Ica classics
Catalogue: ICAC5160
Release: 2020
Size: 2.68 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Symphony No. 1 in D Major D. 82
01. I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
02. II. Andante
03. III. Menuetto (Allegro – Trio)
04. IV. Allegro vivace
Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125
05. I. Largo – Allegro vivace
06. II. Andante
07. III. Menuetto (Allegro vivace – Trio)
08. IV. Presto
Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200
09. I. Adagio maestoso – Allegro con brio
10. II. Allegretto
11. III. Menuetto (Vivace)
12. IV. Presto vivace
CD 02
Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 “Tragic”
01. I. Adagio molto – Allegro vivace
02. II. Andante
03. III. Menuetto (Allegro vivace – Trio)
04. IV. Allegro
Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Andante con moto
07. III. Menuetto (Allegro molto)
08. IV. Allegro vivace
CD 03
Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589 “Little C Major”
01. I. Adagio – Allegro
02. II. Andante
03. III. Scherzo (Presto)
04. IV. Allegro moderato
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”
05. I. Allegro moderato
06. II. Andante con moto
CD 04
Symphony No .9 in C Major, D. 944 “Great”
01. I. Andante – Allegro ma non troppo – Più moto
02. II. Andante con moto
03. III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace – Trio)
04. IV. Allegro vivace
This release celebrates the partnership of the distinguished conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929-2016) directing the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE) in a memorable cycle of the complete Schubert Symphonies at the Styriarte Festival in Graz, Austria during July 1988. Harnoncourt was a notable and perhaps controversial Schubertian who, with his favourite orchestra, set about examining everything afresh. The players he worked with in 1988 talk about the way he changed their perceptions, of discovering Schubert’s work for themselves, ignoring the accretions of previous performance tradition. Harnoncourt wanted Schubert’s music to be on the edge, to rebuild it, testing and evaluating the contribution of each instrument and for the players to take as many risks as they wanted.
