Schubert Symphonies

Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard - Schubert: Symphonies 1 & 2 (2014) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard - Schubert: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 76:39 minutes | 1,31 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

On the final disc of a complete cycle, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra offer us their readings of Franz Schubert's first two symphonies.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner - Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2 * Nos. 2 & 6 & Italian Overtures (2020)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner - Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2 * Nos. 2 & 6 & Italian Overtures (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 321 MB | Tracks: 10 | 75:54 min
Style: Classical | Label: Chandos

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.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham - Schubert: Symphonies Nos.3, 5 & 6 (1989)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham - Schubert: Symphonies Nos.3, 5 & 6 (1989)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 78:52 | 401 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: EMI | Catalog: 7 69750 2

Sir Thomas Beecham is strongly identified with the orchestral music of Schubert, largely from these final recordings made over a period of years at different locations. In fact, it is amazing that these performances sound so cohesive, since bits and pieces were recorded over such a long time span. But Beecham was that rare performer who could make fastidious work sound spontaneous–and there are many such moments among these three symphonies. Indeed, these recordings could be recommended just for the wonderful woodwind solos. On the other hand, I find the string playing a little harsh and overdriven.
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra & Philippe Herreweghe - Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 (2017)

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra & Philippe Herreweghe - Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 (2017)
Classical | WEB FLAC (tracks) & d. booklet | 284 MB
Label: Phi | Tracks: 08 | Time: 60:02 min

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

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra & Philippe Herreweghe - Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 60:02 minutes | 1.04 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

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.
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt & Walter Susskind - Mozart, Schubert: Symphonies (2020)

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt & Walter Susskind - Mozart, Schubert: Symphonies (2020)
FLAC tracks | 01:59:11 | 519 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

Like most of the great European conductors,' wrote the critic Harold C. Schonberg, '(Schmidt-Isserstedt) has been brought up in a tradition that insists on selflessness before great music. The aim of conducting, as he sees it, is to bring out the message of the composer and not the skill.' These virtues distinguish his Mozart conducting above all, including the recordings he made for the Mercury label with the London Symphony Orchestra in 1958. Schmidt-Isserstedt conducted Mozart with deep scholarly understanding, having written a doctoral dissertation about the Italian influence on Mozart, but reverence never impeded vitality, as the present recording of the 'Jupiter' Symphony amply demonstrates. His colleague Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg paid a tribute as acute as it was generous to Schmidt-Isserstedt's way with Mozart, 'quite different from the usual apple-crumble cake (Streuselkuchen) or Mozartkugeln.
B'Rock Orchestra & René Jacobs - Schubert - Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

B'Rock Orchestra & René Jacobs - Schubert- Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 55:03 minutes | 0,98 GB
Classical | Label: PentaTone, Official Digital Download

Multiple prize-winning conductor René Jacobs and the B’Rock Orchestra continue their Schubert cycle on PENTATONE with a recording of the composer’s Second and Third Symphony.
Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm & Carl Schuricht - Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, Schubert - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8 (1953/2021)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm & Carl Schuricht - Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, Schubert - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8 "Unfinished" (1953/2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 281 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 171 Mb | 01:13:56
Classical | Label: Decca Classics

Recorded - Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna 27th May 1953. During the 1950's, Karl Böhm made a handful of orchestral recordings for Decca with the Wiener Philharmoniker of, music by, among others, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Weber. Reappearing here, for the first time on CD, internationally, are his swift recordings of Beethoven's Eighth and of two Schubert symphonies (Nos. 5 and 8). Never imposing his will too strongly on his Viennese orchestra - and they had these classics in their blood - he directs performances that are fresh and gives full rein to the Vienna Philharmonic's wonderful tonal resources. Add the acoustic of the Grosser Saal at the Musikverein, familiar as daily bread to all the participants, and you have the best kind of tradition.
Berliner Philharmoniker & Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Schubert: Symphonies 1-8 (2019)

Berliner Philharmoniker & Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Schubert: Symphonies 1-8 (2019)
FLAC tracks | 04:33:19 | 1259 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

In 2015, our Schubert Edition with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Nikolaus Harnoncourt received high praise from critics all over the world. The BBC Music Magazine celebrated the recordings as a “feast of Schubert”, and in France they were awarded the prestigious Diapason d’Or. The edition is now being released in a budget version. It presents the composer’s eight symphonies on five CDs/SACDs which can be played on any CD/SACD player. The edition includes a top-quality slipcase and a comprehensive booklet. The qualities of the performances which were recorded between 2003 and 2006 are also revealed in the CD/SACD edition. This Schubert is colourful and dramatic – and represents a unique synthesis in which the famous sound of the Berliner Philharmoniker is as evident as Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s familiarity with the transparency and sound speech of historical performance practice.
Freiburger Barockorchester & Pablo Heras-Casado - Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 "Unfinished" (2023)

Freiburger Barockorchester & Pablo Heras-Casado - Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 "Unfinished" (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 219 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 121 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:52:26
Classical | Label: harmonia mundi

If the shadow of Mozart still haunts Schubert’s Symphony no.5, the Seventh (in no way ‘unfinished’ in the eyes of its creator) already looks far into the future. Pablo Heras-Casado and the musicians of the Freiburger Barockorchester lead us towards that Romantic élan. Their flexible approach, keen and swift in the earlier symphony, making room for shadows and mystery in its successor, meets the challenge of bringing out the contrast between these ‘two Schuberts’, here more audible than ever.