01. Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 "Tragic": I. Adagio molto - Allegro vivace (9:01)
02. Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 "Tragic": II. Andante (8:30)
03. Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 "Tragic": III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace (3:10)
04. Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 "Tragic": IV. Allegro (10:50)
05. Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: I. Allegro (7:09)
06. Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: II. Andante con moto (8:15)
07. Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: III. Menuetto. Allegro molto (5:21)
08. Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: IV. Allegro vivace (7:07)
Tragic and light symphonies from a heavy soul. Conductor René Jacobs and the B’Rock Orchestra present the third instalment of their Schubert cycle with a recording of the composer’s Fourth and Fifth Symphony. Just as with the Second and Third, Jacobs approaches these works as a symphonic pair, revealing contrasting aspects of Schubert’s personality and compositional approach. The Fourth is Schubert’s first symphony in a minor key, and adumbrates a totally new harmonic worldview that Dvořák associated with Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. On the contrary, the Fifth sounds Mozartian and cheerful, although that light-heartedness is only an appearance, as is so often the case in Schubert’s music. In the composer’s words, “too light a mind usually harbours a heart that is too heavy!” Looking closer beneath the surface, the cross-relations between the “Tragic” Fourth and “lighter” Fifth become all the more evident. The players of the B’Rock Orchestra present these works on period instruments; transparent, but full of fire.
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01. Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 Tragic I. Adagio molto - Allegro vivace.flac
316.4 MB
02. Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 Tragic II. Andante.flac
290.5 MB
03. Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 Tragic III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace.flac
109.7 MB
04. Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 Tragic IV. Allegro.flac
383.2 MB
05. Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485 I. Allegro.flac
252.7 MB
06. Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485 II. Andante con moto.flac
282 MB
07. Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485 III. Menuetto. Allegro molto.flac
188.4 MB
08. Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485 IV. Allegro vivace.flac