Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2 – Nos. 2 & 6 & Italian Overtures City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125:
• 1 Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: I. Largo - Allegro vivace 13:29
• 2 Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: II. Andante 07:43
• 3 Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: III. Menuetto e trio 03:02
• 4 Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: IV. Presto 07:37
• Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589 "Little C Major":
• 5 Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589 "Little C Major": I. Adagio - Allegro 09:01
• 6 Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589 "Little C Major": II. Andante 05:23
• 7 Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589 "Little C Major": III. Scherzo 05:36
• 8 Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589 "Little C Major": IV. Allegro moderato 09:00
• Franz Schubert:
• 9 Overture in D Major, D. 590 "In the Italian Style" 07:21
• 10 Overture in C Major, Op. 170, D. 591 "In the Italian Style" 06:51
• Total Runtime 01:15:03

Info for Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2 – Nos. 2 & 6 & Italian Overtures

For the second volume in his Birmingham Schubert symphony cycle, Edward Gardner turns to the second and sixth symphonies. Composed between December 1814 and March 1815, the Second Symphony is not only a response by Schubert to the works of Beethoven, and especially the Prometheus Overture, but also strives to push the conventional symphonic boundaries, most notably in the extended exposition of the first movement. Completed in February 1818, the Sixth Symphony was the first to be titled Große Sinfonie (grand symphony) by Schubert, a mark of his growing confidence in his work in the symphonic idiom. The two overtures were composed at the same time as the sixth symphony, and are clearly modelled on the overtures of Rossini, whose music was all the rage in Vienna at that time.

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor

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