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Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Riccardo Muti, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Schubert: The Complete Symphonies
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Rosamunde: The Magic Harp: Ov, D.644
2. Incidental Music, D.797: No.2 Ballet Music I in b (Allegro Moderato -
3. Incidental Music, D.797: Andante Un Poco Assai)
4. Incidental Music, D.797: No.9: Ballet Music II in G (Andantino)
5. Sym No.3 in D, D.200: I. Adagio Maestoso - Allegro Con Brio
6. Sym No.3 in D, D.200: II. Allegretto
7. Sym No.3 in D, D.200: III. Menuetto (Vivace) & Trio
8. Sym No.3 in D, D.200: IV. Presto Vivace
9. Sym No.8 in b, D.759 'Unfinished': I. Allegro Moderato
10. Sym No.8 in b, D.759 'Unfinished': II. Andante Con Moto
Track Listings (8) - Disc #2
1. Sym No.2 in B flat, D.125: I. Largo - Allegro Vivace
2. Sym No.2 in B flat, D.125: II. Andante - Vars I-V
3. Sym No.2 in B flat, D.125: III. Allegro Vivace - Trio
4. Sym No.2 in B flat, D.125: IV. Presto
5. Sym No.4 in c, D.417 'Tragic': I. Adagio Molto - Allegro Vivace
6. Sym No.4 in c, D.417 'Tragic': II. Andante
7. Sym No.4 in c, D.417 'Tragic': III. Menuetto (Allegro Vivace) & Trio
8. Sym No.4 in c, D.417 'Tragic': IV. Allegro
Track Listings (9) - Disc #3
1. Sym No.1 in D, D.82: I. Adagio - Allegro Vivace
2. Sym No.1 in D, D.82: II. Andante
3. Sym No.1 in D, D.82: III. Menuetto (Allegretto) & Trio
4. Sym No.1 in D, D.82: IV. Allegro Vivace
5. Sym No.5 in B flat, D.485: I. Allegro
6. Sym No.5 in B flat, D.485: II. Andante Con Moto
7. Sym No.5 in B flat, D.485: III. Menuetto (Allegro Molto) & Trio
8. Sym No.5 in B flat, D.485: IV. Allegro Vivace
9. Sym No.9 in C, D.944 'The Great': I. Andante - Allegro Ma Non Troppo
Track Listings (7) - Disc #4
1. Sym No.9 in C, D.944 'The Great': II. Andante Con Moto
2. Sym No.9 in C, D.944 'The Great': III. Scherzo (Allegro Vivace) & Trio
3. Sym No.9 in C, D.944 'The Great': IV. Finale (Allegro Vivace)
4. Sym No.6 in C, D.589: I. Adagio - Allegro
5. Sym No.9 in C, D.944 'The Great': II. Andante
6. Sym No.9 in C, D.944 'The Great': III. Scherzo (Presto) & Trio (Piu Lento)
7. Sym No.9 in C, D.944 'The Great': IV. Allegro Moderato

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CD Details

All Artists: Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Riccardo Muti, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Title: Schubert: The Complete Symphonies
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Import
Release Date: 7/13/2005
Album Type: Box set, Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaCD Credits: 4
UPC: 724357480826

CD Reviews

Great Italian Schubert!

Cherubino | 10/27/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I certainly disagree with the last review. Maybe for some people Muti's Schubert is at the first glance not 'deep' enough. But I have never heard the symphonies in such a joyful manner, with fast tempi all the way. And the Wiener Philharmoniker here clearly show why they are regarded as one of the finest orchestras of the world: their performance is close to perfection. -- Highly recommended!"

A massive disappointment

G Pelloni | Cottingham, East Yorkshire United Kingdom | 08/04/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"this box-set is reasonably cheap but even its low cost has not been a consolation for my disappointment. Given my tastes, this is "cold" Schubert. To me the worst experience has come with the "Unfinished" symphony. One of the most tragic statement in music history is transformed in a lifeless, boring, scholastic exercise.
Please give me back Furtwangler, Klemperer and Bruno Walter!!!"

Feels like a "pig-pile" on the bottom-most review

Wayne A. | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 08/26/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Not too often I hear something on NPR that makes me pull over and listen hard but that happened a short while back with the recording of Symphony #2 in this set. Picked the entire box set up and wowser. These are fast, exciting, absolutely buoyant performances. The orchestra plays miraculously. Couldn't be happier and at this price!!

For those that don't know the earlier Schubert symphonies--well, for the cost of one top-dollar CD you can hear them and you'll be amazed these aren't heard more often. Boy Schubert (many of these were written in his teens) may not have been the world's greatest symphonic crafts-person back then (he was merely very good with rough edges) but his full melodic genius was present when he was probably two years old. Here I am playing, and REALLY enjoying a symphony by a sixteen-year-old.

Beethoven allegedly saw a score of Schubert's before he died (Beethoven, not Schubert)and was quoted as saying, "HOLY MACKEREL! This kid's got the chops!" Beethoven talked like that sometimes."