Quite a few Baroque specialists have recorded some or all of the symphonies of Schubert, whose compact forces (in most cases) perhaps are the draw. This release, however, is distinctive and well worth the listener's time. Veteran conductor René Jacobs finds renewed energy in his pairing with the moderate-sized Baroque ensemble B'Rock (say BEE-rock), which has released several projects of an experimental nature, but here plays it straight. The performance is full-blooded and dramatic, with none of the old expressionlessness ...
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Quite a few Baroque specialists have recorded some or all of the symphonies of Schubert, whose compact forces (in most cases) perhaps are the draw. This release, however, is distinctive and well worth the listener's time. Veteran conductor René Jacobs finds renewed energy in his pairing with the moderate-sized Baroque ensemble B'Rock (say BEE-rock), which has released several projects of an experimental nature, but here plays it straight. The performance is full-blooded and dramatic, with none of the old expressionlessness found in Classical-period music as performed by Baroque orchestras. Jacobs nicely renders the minuets-straining-to-be scherzos in both the Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D. 125, and Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200, giving them the kind of surprising jolt that Schubert's contemporaries would have experienced, and the finale of the Symphony No. 3 is an exciting whirlwind. Jacobs deploys his strings and winds with plenty of space and brings out every detail of Schubert's...
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Add this copy of Schubert Symphonies 2 & 3 to cart. $38.57, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2020 by Pentatone.
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