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Schubert - Symphonies Vol.2: Nos 2 & 6, Overtures in the Italian Style | Chandos CHSA5245

Schubert - Symphonies Vol.2: Nos 2 & 6, Overtures in the Italian Style

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Label: Chandos

Cat No: CHSA5245

Barcode: 0095115524527

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th February 2020

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For the second volume in his Birmingham Schubert symphony cycle, Edward Gardner turns to the second and sixth symphonies. Composed between December 1814 and March 1815, the Second Symphony is not only a response by Schubert to the works of Beethoven, and especially the Prometheus Overture, but also strives to push the conventional symphonic boundaries, most notably in the extended exposition of the first movement.

Completed in February 1818, the Sixth Symphony was the first to be titled Große Sinfonie (grand symphony) by Schubert, a mark of his growing confidence in his work in the symphonic idiom.

The two overtures were composed at the same time as the sixth symphony, and are clearly modelled on the overtures of Rossini, whose music was all the rage in Vienna at that time. Recorded in Surround Sound, and released on hybrid SACD.

‘a cycle that will undoubtedly be worth following’ - Gramophone (on Vol.1, CHSA5234)

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