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Schubert: The Symphonies / Maazel, Bavarian Radio
BR Klassik

Schubert: The Symphonies / Maazel, Bavarian Radio

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Details

Composer
SCHUBERT, FRANZ
Artist
Leitung Lorin Maazel
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Apr 30, 2013
Catalog #
900712
UPC
4035719007121

About

"[T]he first three symphonies are treated to exuberant readings, with lots of Haydnesque brio, except in the slow movements, where Schubert’s lyricism comes to the fore. Maazel and company change gears very comfortably, shifting in the Second Symphony from the boisterous ebullience of the first movement to the tender naïveté of the following Andante. And back again, in the propulsive Menuetto and Presto vivace finale. I’m happy that my favorite among the first six, No. 3, receives a model performance, from the hushed, feathery violin figures in the Adagio maestoso introduction to the breakneck Presto vivace finale. Maazel makes all the right moves as far as I’m concerned, and I’m as happy with this performance as with any on disc...

Schubert’s last two symphonies, with their grander gestures and grander orchestral palette, actually sound just a bit small-scale in these performances, and I think that reflects an interpretive trend rather than any outright lack on the part of conductor or orchestra. Basically, these are excellent readings, fully idiomatic, without an ounce of extraneous rubato or other grandstanding gestures that conductors often impose on this music, especially the Great C Major. The comparative lightness of texture in Maazel’s interpretation recalls recent performances I’ve heard by the likes of the Northern Sinfonia under Thomas Zehetmair (Avie) and the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer (Channel Classics). A far cry from one of my favorites of another era, Georg Solti leading a hefty Vienna Philharmonic (Decca). Both approaches seem valid to me. Certainly, Maazel brings great nobility to this score; the sense of momentum with which he invests the last movement makes this the worthy high point of the set.

The Bavarian orchestra plays with expected fervor but with great discipline as well; in fact, you could be forgiven if in a blind test you thought these performances were set down in a studio—at least before you heard the applause at the end of each symphony. And except for the usual balance problem here and there, the recordings are quite good. There are a number of fine recordings of the eight Schubert symphonies available; I now count Maazel’s among them.

—Lee Passarella, Audiophile Audition

Tracklist 30 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Adagio - Allegro vivace 09:38
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
    Duration
    09:38
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  3. 2 II. Andante 06:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:37
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  4. 3 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 04:10
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  5. 4 IV. Allegro vivace 05:25
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  6. 5 I. Largo - Allegro vivace 09:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Largo - Allegro vivace
    Duration
    09:46
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  7. 6 II. Andante 07:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:24
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  8. 7 III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace 03:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  9. 8 IV. Presto vivace 05:18
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Presto vivace
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  10. 9 I. Adagio - Allegro 07:23
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro
    Duration
    07:23
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  11. 10 II. Andante 05:05
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  12. 11 III. Scherzo: Presto 04:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Presto
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  13. 12 IV. Allegro moderato 07:42
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    07:42
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  14. Disc 2
  15. 1 I. Adagio maestoso - Allegro con brio 07:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio maestoso - Allegro con brio
    Duration
    07:55
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  16. 2 II. Allegretto 04:56
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  17. 3 III. Menuetto: Vivace 03:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Vivace
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  18. 4 IV. Presto vivace 04:44
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Presto vivace
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  19. 5 I. Adagio molto - Allegro vivace 07:45
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Adagio molto - Allegro vivace
    Duration
    07:45
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  20. 6 II. Andante 09:51
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    09:51
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  21. 7 III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace 03:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  22. 8 IV. Allegro 06:40
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    06:40
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  23. 9 I. Allegro 04:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  24. 10 II. Andante con moto 11:07
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    11:07
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  25. 11 III. Menuetto: Allegro molto 05:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegro molto
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  26. 12 IV. Allegro vivace 05:31
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  27. Disc 3
  28. 1 I. Allegro moderato 14:17
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    14:17
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  29. 2 II. Andante con moto 10:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    10:43
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  30. 3 I. Andante - Allegro ma non troppo 13:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Andante - Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    13:15
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  31. 4 II. Andante con moto 14:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    14:26
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  32. 5 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 09:50
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    09:50
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  33. 6 IV. Allegro vivace 11:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    11:46
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel