Schubert: Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished'

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Zinman, ever ready to turn tradition on its head, stresses its Classical lineage, outgunning even such period practitioners as Mackerras and Norrington...in athletic swiftness and textural transparency.... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2012 More…

Release Date: 14th Nov 2011
Catalogue No: 88697953352
Label: RCA
Series: David Zinman Schubert Symphonies
Length: 51 minutes

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Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'

Work length21:04

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Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
David Zinman

I. Allegro moderato

Track length11:41

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II. Andante con moto

Track length9:23

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Schubert: Rondo for violin and strings in A major, D438

Work length14:38

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Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Andreas Janke (violin)
David Zinman

Schubert: Polonaise in B flat major, D580

Work length5:57

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Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Andreas Janke (violin)
David Zinman

Schubert: Konzertstück (for Violin and Orchestra) in D major, D345

Work length10:09

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Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Andreas Janke (violin)
David Zinman

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June 2012

Zinman, ever ready to turn tradition on its head, stresses its Classical lineage, outgunning even such period practitioners as Mackerras and Norrington...in athletic swiftness and textural transparency. The Zurichers' string sonority is slender without being dessicated, phrasing is crisp and clear-cut, with Schubert's accents sharply pointed.

June 2012

There's plenty to like about his approach including light, airy textures and an obvious relish of some of the works' drama. There are also some unusual features to this recording, not least the added ornamentation of the oboe and clarinet parts in the second movement which I found delightful...Zinman's way with the 'Unfinished' may be a shade too objective and cool-headed for my taste, but he's a musician whose recordings are always worth hearing.

17th February 2012

5th February 2012

a beautifully warm and serene performance under David Zinman, with little touches of ornamentation in the solo clarinet part.

28th January 2012

relish the Tonhalle Orchestra’s zesty, tradition-challenging performance under David Zinman, who treats the symphony as a turbulent tone-poem. The thrust of the first movement; the cheeky ornamentation of the second movement’s woodwind themes: all this will be hotly debated.

The Independent on Sunday 11th March 2012

Zinman's Mahler and Beethoven cycles with the Tonhalle exemplify the "third way" in historically informed performance practice. The trend continues in his ongoing Schubert cycle. The haze of foreboding is absent, the tempi brisk, with judicious decoration of the oboe and clarinet solos in the second movement.

21st September 2013

razor-sharp articulation and plenty of rhythmic zip, coupled with a more refulgent orchestral sonority than you’d get with a period band...The music bubbles with dry wit, and you can hear how it must have influenced Mahler...Stylish, entertaining playing, and richly recorded too.

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