B’Rock Orchestra, René Jacobs – Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

B’Rock Orchestra, René Jacobs – Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 59:22 minutes | 2,03 GB | Genre: Classical
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Tragic and light symphonies from a heavy soul. Conductor Ren’e 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 Dvor’ak 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.

Tracklist:

01. B’Rock Orchestra & René Jacobs – Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 “Tragic”: I. Adagio molto – Allegro vivace (09:00)
02. B’Rock Orchestra & René Jacobs – Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 “Tragic”: II. Andante (08:29)
03. B’Rock Orchestra & René Jacobs – Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 “Tragic”: III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace (03:09)
04. B’Rock Orchestra & René Jacobs – Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 “Tragic”: IV. Allegro (10:50)
05. B’Rock Orchestra & René Jacobs – Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: I. Allegro (07:09)
06. B’Rock Orchestra & René Jacobs – Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: II. Andante con moto (08:15)
07. B’Rock Orchestra & René Jacobs – Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: III. Menuetto. Allegro molto (05:20)
08. B’Rock Orchestra & René Jacobs – Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: IV. Allegro vivace (07:06)

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