In the finale [The Abegg Trio] plays the hundred bars written by Schubert which impose on the movement a completely different form and - due to the repeated quotation of the sombre slow movement - expression. The fact that the music never loses balance and gains that heavenly length once enthusiastically admired by Schumann, is the best reference one could make to the ensemble; and if anyone does not like this addition, they can listen to the movement in it's more usual form as an encore.

Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 4 "Tragic" and Symphony in C major "Grand Duo" are superbly performed by the Failioni Orchestra of Budapest, under the direction of Michael Halasz. Both are part of a complete cycle of symphonies recorded for the Naxos label by this lesser known but excellent eastern European chamber orchestra. The Symphony No. 4, composed by Schubert in 1816, is performed with great warmth, passion, and dramatic gravitas. Schubert originally composed the "Grand Duo" in 1824 as a piano sonata for four hands. The Symphony in C is a mid-nineteenth century orchestration of the "Grand Duo" sonata by the great 19th century violinist Josef Joachim. Again, Halasz and the Failioni Orchestra completely and flawlessly capture the grand scale and sense of drama of this Schubert masterpiece.