Schubert: Orchestral Favourites, Vol. 15

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Spirited period instrument performances from the Hanover Band under Roy Goodman. Unfortunately, the recording balance obscures textures, placing the woodwind too far in the background. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 3 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 9th Mar 2018
Catalogue No: NI7098
Label: Nimbus
Length: 77 minutes

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Schubert: Overture D 591 in C major 'in the Italian style'

Work length7:25

$1.50

$2.10

Hanover Band
Roy Goodman

Schubert: Musik zu Helmina von Chezy's vieraktigem Schauspiele Rosamunde, Furstin von Zypern, K. 797

Work length46:58

$8.50

$11.90

Hanover Band
Roy Goodman

I. Overture Alfonso und Estrella, D. 732

Track length5:33

$1.00

$1.40

II. Entr'acte Music No. 1

Track length8:15

$1.50

$2.10

III. Ballet Music No. 1

Track length8:11

$1.50

$2.10

IV. Zwischenakt II

Track length2:29

$1.00

$1.40

V. Entr'acte Music No. 2

Track length6:18

$1.00

$1.40

VI. Ballet Music No. 2

Track length6:14

$1.00

$1.40

Overture Die Zauberharfe, D. 644

Track length9:58

$1.50

$2.10

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

Work length23:15

$3.50

$4.90

Hanover Band
Roy Goodman

I. Allegro moderato

Track length13:24

$2.00

$2.80

II. Andante con moto

Track length9:51

$1.50

$2.10

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This new release features the most popular of Schubert’s orchestral repertoire, performed on original instruments by The Hanover Band led by Roy Goodman. Schubert wrote two overtures ‘in the Italian style,’ in November 1817. No doubt they were inspired by the Rossini craze that was sweeping Vienna. In the C major overture an Adagio with Rossinian wind solos precedes the main Allegro which concludes with a lively coda. Throughout the overture the jaunty Italianate rhythms and robust harmonic patterns of Schubert’s model are apparent, but the composer’s own gifts are also in evidence. From an early age Schubert was interested in composing for the theatre. He was commissioned to compose incidental music for Helmina von Chezy’s four-act play Rosamunde, which premiered in December 1823 and was withdrawn after only one performance. Schubert’s music, however, was edited and republished, and has retained popularity. Finally, the album presents his Symphony No 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished.’ The most remarkable of his aborted compositions, the work stands in powerful contrast to his other unfinished symphonies, as the first two movements, which he completed to the detail, were among the finest he ever wrote.

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April 2019

Spirited period instrument performances from the Hanover Band under Roy Goodman. Unfortunately, the recording balance obscures textures, placing the woodwind too far in the background.

Schubert: Orchestral Favourites, Vol. 15

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