While Ivan Fischer's performance with the Budapest Festival Orchestra of Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 9 in C major, "The Great," cannot be categorized as a period performance in the strictest sense, there are several points where it seems sufficiently influenced by the authenticist movement to resemble one. Chiefly in the distinctive and cleanly separated sonorities of the woodwinds and brass, and partly in matters of tempo and rhythm, this sounds quite a bit like a historically informed performance. Even though Fischer ...
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While Ivan Fischer's performance with the Budapest Festival Orchestra of Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 9 in C major, "The Great," cannot be categorized as a period performance in the strictest sense, there are several points where it seems sufficiently influenced by the authenticist movement to resemble one. Chiefly in the distinctive and cleanly separated sonorities of the woodwinds and brass, and partly in matters of tempo and rhythm, this sounds quite a bit like a historically informed performance. Even though Fischer makes no claim to special research and doesn't employ original instruments, it's clear he and his musicians have absorbed the salient points of Classical and early Romantic performance styles, and they execute a version that most reasonable listeners can feel does justice to Schubert's intentions and time period. The crisp and clear sounds of the winds are arresting, and the clarity of their lines and textures make the music transparent and ideally balanced with the strings. The...
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