Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

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Some might have dismissed these symphonies as imitations of the teenage Schubert's Classical heroes, but in Dausgaard's hands they emerge as elegant, lively scores already bearing the stamp of... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th Sep 2014
Catalogue No: BIS1989
Label: BIS
Series: Opening Doors, Thomas Dausgaard Complete Schubert Symphonies
Length: 76 minutes

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Schubert: Symphony No. 1 in D major, D82

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

I. Adagio - Allegro vivace

Track length10:52

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II. Andante

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III. Menuetto. Allegretto

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IV. Allegro vivace

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Excerpt, Schubert: Adrast, D137

Work length4:34

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Funeral March

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Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D125

Work length34:01

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

I. Largo - Allegro vivace

Track length14:12

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II. Andante

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III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace

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IV. Presto

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Schubert: Die Zauberharfe (The Magic Harp), D 644

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Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Overture

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On the final disc of a complete cycle, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra offer us their readings of Franz Schubert's first two symphonies. Written between 1813 and 1815, by a composer still in his teens, both works exemplify the influences of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven on the young man – something which was long regarded as a weakness: until well into the twentieth century (with just a few exceptions) their existence was of interest primarily to archivists. They nevertheless contain abundant proof of Schubert's melodic genius – for instance in the Andante of Symphony No.1 – and other trademarks of the composer are already in evidence: his beloved ‘Wanderer’ rhythm in the finale of the Second Symphony, and throughout his confident and individual handling of form and harmony. The previous three discs in the cycle have met with critical acclaim and distinctions, with many reviewers welcoming the fresh approach towards the undisputed masterpieces (the ‘Unfinished’ and the ‘Great C major’) as well as to the less familiar earlier works. The present disc include two fillers, of which one is the rarely heard Funeral March from the unfinished opera Adrast from 1819-20, Schubert's second attempt in the genre. Far better known is the closing work, the well-loved ‘Rosamunde Overture’. Composed around the same time as Adrast, it was actually part of the music to the melodrama Die Zauberharfe, but has later become associated with the incidental music to Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, which Schubert would write some three years later.

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Christmas 2014

Some might have dismissed these symphonies as imitations of the teenage Schubert's Classical heroes, but in Dausgaard's hands they emerge as elegant, lively scores already bearing the stamp of the composer's sophisticated harmonic and melodic imagination.

December 2014

The definition and dynamism that Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra have been bringing to their cycle of Schubert symphonies are qualities that are radiantly replicated in these performances of the First and Second...Dausgaard and his orchestra fully attune themselves to this teenage Schubertian world.

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