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Tragic and light symphonies from a heavy soul. Conductor René Jacobs and the B’Rock Orchestra present the third instalment of their Schubert cycle with a recording of the composer’s Fourth and Fifth Symphony. Just as with the Second and Third, Jacobs approaches these works as a symphonic pair, revealing contrasting aspects of Schubert’s personality and compositional approach. The Fourth is Schubert’s first symphony in a minor key, and adumbrates a totally new harmonic worldview that Dvořák associated with Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. On the contrary, the Fifth sounds Mozartian and cheerful, although that light-heartedness is only an appearance, as is so often the case in Schubert’s music. In the composer’s words, “too light a mind usually harbours a heart that is too heavy!” Looking closer beneath the surface, the cross-relations between the “Tragic” Fourth and “lighter” Fifth become all the more evident. The players of the B’Rock Orchestra present these works on period instruments; transparent, but full of fire. © Pentatone
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Franz Schubert, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Erdo Groot, Producer - B'Rock Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2021 Pentatone Music B.V. 2021 Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Erdo Groot, Producer - B'Rock Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2021 Pentatone Music B.V. 2021 Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Erdo Groot, Producer - B'Rock Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2021 Pentatone Music B.V. 2021 Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Erdo Groot, Producer - B'Rock Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2021 Pentatone Music B.V. 2021 Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Erdo Groot, Producer - B'Rock Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2021 Pentatone Music B.V. 2021 Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Erdo Groot, Producer - B'Rock Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2021 Pentatone Music B.V. 2021 Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Erdo Groot, Producer - B'Rock Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2021 Pentatone Music B.V. 2021 Pentatone Music B.V.
Franz Schubert, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Erdo Groot, Producer - B'Rock Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2021 Pentatone Music B.V. 2021 Pentatone Music B.V.
Album review
Tragic and light symphonies from a heavy soul. Conductor René Jacobs and the B’Rock Orchestra present the third instalment of their Schubert cycle with a recording of the composer’s Fourth and Fifth Symphony. Just as with the Second and Third, Jacobs approaches these works as a symphonic pair, revealing contrasting aspects of Schubert’s personality and compositional approach. The Fourth is Schubert’s first symphony in a minor key, and adumbrates a totally new harmonic worldview that Dvořák associated with Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. On the contrary, the Fifth sounds Mozartian and cheerful, although that light-heartedness is only an appearance, as is so often the case in Schubert’s music. In the composer’s words, “too light a mind usually harbours a heart that is too heavy!” Looking closer beneath the surface, the cross-relations between the “Tragic” Fourth and “lighter” Fifth become all the more evident. The players of the B’Rock Orchestra present these works on period instruments; transparent, but full of fire. © Pentatone
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:18
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: B'Rock Orchestra René Jacobs
- Composer: Franz Schubert
- Label: PentaTone
- Genre: Classical Symphonic Music Symphonies
2021 Pentatone Music B.V. 2021 Pentatone Music B.V.
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