Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe – Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe – Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:07 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Classical
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After the success of his recordings of Symphonies nos. 1, 3 and 4, released on the Phi label in 2016, Philippe Herreweghe offers us the next instalment of Schubert’s orchestral output with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic: the Symphony no.2 D. 125 and Symphony no.5 D. 485 – both in B flat major. Like those on the previous disc, these works from his youth – written when the Viennese composer was not yet twenty years old – mark the promising beginnings of an already highly accomplished composer. They demonstrate finesse of large-scale symphonic construction, even though the Fifth is the least heavily scored of the cycle – it is the only one that does not call for clarinets, trumpets and timpani. The Second, with its light character, requires just as much subtlety from the orchestra – which Philippe Herreweghe and the Philharmonic provide with their accurate and intelligent playing throughout this album.

A new homage from the Belgian conductor to the genius of the Viennese composer, whose later symphonies are better-known to us, while his earlier works are – quite unfairly – not played or recorded enough!

Tracklist:
01. Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe – Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: I. Largo (Allegro vivace) (14:07)
02. Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe – Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: II. Andante (07:46)
03. Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe – Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: III. Menuetto (Allegro vivace) (02:58)
04. Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe – Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: IV. Presto (08:10)
05. Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe – Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: I. Allegro (07:22)
06. Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe – Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: II. Andante con moto (08:44)
07. Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe – Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: III. Menuet (Allegro molto) (04:55)
08. Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe – Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: Allegro vivace (06:00)

Personnel:
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
Phillipe Herreweghe, conductor

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