New Arrivals/Restock

Title: Symphonies
Artist: Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Label: Bis
Product Type: SUPER-AUDIO CD
UPC: 7318599925141
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2022-08-05
Number of Discs: 4
Additional Details: HYBRID SACD, 4 PACK

It was only after his death that Franz Schubert's symphonic works made an impact in music history. In fact, the first public performance of any of Schubert's symphonies took place at a memorial concert held a few weeks after the composer had passed away, on 19th November 1828. The work that was heard at that occasion was Symphony No.6, D589, the 'Little C major', while the two undisputed master works of the series - the 'Great C major' and the 'Unfinished' - had to wait until 1838 and 1865, respectively, before being performed. The six symphonies that precede them in the list of completed works were all composed between 1813 and 1818, while Schubert was still only 21 years of age. In a style above all oriented on Haydn and Mozart, they are youthful in the best sense of the word and display a disarming freshness which the present performances convey to perfection. The four discs gathered here were released singly between 2010 and 2014, receiving critical acclaim in the international music press: the reviewer in The Daily Telegraph (UK) described the experience as 'having a layer of varnish removed from a much-loved painting' while his colleague in Fanfare wrote that the approach by Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra 'changes the landscape', proposing that the cycle 'could become a first choice among any available.' The set also include some shorter orchestral works, among them the much-loved Rosamunde Overture.

Tracks:
1.1 Symphony No.1 in D major, D82~Adagio - Allegro vivace
1.2 Symphony No.1 in D major, D82~Andante
1.3 Symphony No.1 in D major, D82~Menuetto. Allegretto
1.4 Symphony No.1 in D major, D82~Allegro vivace
1.5 Adrast, D137~Funeral March
1.6 Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D 125~Largo - Allegro vivace
1.7 Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D 125~Andante
1.8 Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D 125~Menuetto. Allegro vivace
1.9 Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D 125~Presto vivace
1.10 Die Zauberharfe, Overture ('Rosamunde' Overture)
2.1 Symphony No. 3 in D major, D 200~Adagio maestoso - Allegro con brio
2.2 Symphony No. 3 in D major, D 200~Allegretto
2.3 Symphony No. 3 in D major, D 200~Menuetto. Vivace
2.4 Symphony No. 3 in D major, D 200~Presto vivace
2.5 Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D 417 'Tragic'~Adagio molto - Allegro vivace
2.6 Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D 417 'Tragic'~Andante
2.7 Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D 417 'Tragic'~Menuetto. Allegro vivace
2.8 Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D 417 'Tragic'~Allegro
2.9 Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D 485~Allegro
2.10 Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D 485~Andante con moto
2.11 Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D 485~Menuetto. Allegro molto
2.12 Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D 485~Allegro vivace
3.1 Symphony No. 6 in C major, D 589 'Little C major'~Adagio - Allegro
3.2 Symphony No. 6 in C major, D 589 'Little C major'~Andante
3.3 Symphony No. 6 in C major, D 589 'Little C major'~Scherzo. Presto - Trio. Più lento
3.4 Symphony No. 6 in C major, D 589 'Little C major'~Allegro moderato
3.5 Rosamunde, Incidental music (selection), D797~Entr'acte No. 1 in B minor. Allegro molto moderato
3.6 Rosamunde, Incidental music (selection), D797~Entr'acte No. 3 in B flat major. Andantino
3.7 Rosamunde, Incidental music (selection), D797~Entr'acte No. 2 in D major. Andante
3.8 Rosamunde, Incidental music (selection), D797~Ballet Music No. 2 in G major. Andantino
3.9 Rosamunde, Incidental music (selection), D797~Ballet Music No. 1 in B minor/G major. Allegro moderato - Andante un poco assai
4.1 Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759 'Unfinished'~Allegro moderato
4.2 Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759 'Unfinished'~Andante con moto
4.3 Symphony No. 9 in C major, D 944 'Great C major'~Andante - Allegro ma non troppo
4.4 Symphony No. 9 in C major, D 944 'Great C major'~Andante con moto
4.5 Symphony No. 9 in C major, D 944 'Great C major'~Scherzo. Allegro vivace
4.6 Symphony No. 9 in C major, D 944 'Great C major'~Finale. Allegro vivace