Franz Schubert: Complete Symphonies & Fragments

Franz Schubert: Complete Symphonies & Fragments

555228-2 (cpo, CD, 4 discs)

FIRST RELEASE (3 December 2021)

Playing time: 68'32"/77'17"/70'34"/61'02" - TT 277'25"
Tracks: 14 + 11 + 9 + 4
Booklet pages: 32
℗ 2021 Classic Produktion Osnabrück
© 2021 Classic Produktion Osnabrück
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Franz Schubert: Complete Symphonies & Fragments published on 3 January 2022

L'Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, conductor

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):

CD1

1-4 Symphony No 1 in D, D 82 (completed 28 October 1813)

5 Ocerture in D, D 2A (fragment, 1810/11?)

6 Symphony in D, D 2B (fragment, 1810/11?)

7 Overture in D, D 2G (fragment, 1810/11?)

8 Fragment from an orchestral work in D, D 74A (1813?)

9 Fragment from an orchestral work in D, D 71C (1813?)

10-13 Symphony No 2 in B flat, D 125 (completed 24 March 1815)

14 Fragment from an orchestral work in B flat, D 94A (1814)

CD2

1-4 Symphony No 3 in D, D 200 (completed 19 July 1815)

5-8 Symphony No 5 in B flat, D 485 (completed 3 October 1816)

Symphony No 7 in B minor, D 759 ('Unfinished', begun on 30 October 1822)
9 Allegro moderato
10 Andante con moto
11 (Scherzo) Allegro (fragment)

CD3

1-4 Symphony No 4 in C minor, D 417 'Tragic' (completed 27 April 1816)

5-8 Symphony No 6 in C, D 589 'Little C Major' (completed February 1818)

9 Symphony in E, D 729 (August 1821) Adagio - Allego (bars 1-115)

CD4

1-4 Symphony No 8 in C, D 944 ('Great C Major') (1825/26)