Schubert: Symphonies 5, 6, 8 & 9; Rosamunde Overture
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Composer: Franz SchubertConductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-02-15
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Rosamunde Overture
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Andante con moto
- 3. Menuetto e Trio: Allegro molto
- 4. Allegro vivace
- 1. Adagio - Allegretto
- 2. Andante
- 3. Scherzo: Presto - Trio: Pi? lento
- 4. Allegro moderato
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Andante con moto
- 1. Andante - Allegro ma non troppo
- 2. Andante con moto
- 3. Scherzo e Trio: Allegro vivace
- 4. Finale: Allegro vivace
Free Music Notes for Schubert: Symphonies 5, 6, 8 & 9; Rosamunde Overture
Free Music Review: Wagnerian Schubert.
Hit: 4 Stars
(Note: I purchased both sets of the Karajan/BPO Schubert symphonies and am posting the same review to both here at Amazon. The review pretty much applies to both recordings.)
I love Karajan. Who could doubt his importance, if not his musical stature? I love rich orchestral sounds and a somewhat hefty approach to late Classical Period orchestral music (including the late Haydn symphonies) because I honestly would prefer a historically uninformed but powerful performance of great music rather than anthropology disguised as art.
However, Karajan is of a generation of virtuoso conductors whose personalities and personal tastes dictated orchestral style for a great many years of the 20th Century and here we have a recording that seems to wallow in the kind of bloated sound that while often energetic, ignores some of this music's essential charm. Overall, the early symphonies suffer from being 'overproduced' and I keep missing my favorite inner passages. However, there are exceptions: The Andante from the 4th is just about perfect here and overall, the 5th is very good. The BPO can play this music beautifully, but whenever the score is marked 'forte' and/or there are drums/trumpets/trombones playing, stand back!
Only the 8th ("Unfinished") and 9th ("Great") symphonies are in good balance here and I will say this for Karajan: His interpretation of the 8th's first movement is the best I've heard in many years. The development section where Schubert seems to describe a horrifying vision and then a fevered panic is absolutely breathtaking.
The price is certainly good, although shop around -- I bought both sets (symphonies 1-4 and symphonies 5-9) for less than advertised here.
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