VA - Ultimate Schubert: The Essential Masterpieces (2007) (5 CD Box Set)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) | 5 CDs, 06:12:33 min | Covers included | 1,74 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Decca
WEB FLAC (Tracks) | 5 CDs, 06:12:33 min | Covers included | 1,74 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Decca
Among top-tier classical composers, Franz Schubert may well have left the most impressive showing in terms of sheer productivity within his rather limited range of time; though active only about 18 years, Schubert produced some 1,100 works - one does not know when he must have slept; perhaps he didn't. In the budget category, Decca has produced the five-CD set Ultimate Schubert, which contains just 11 works - one one-hundredth of his output - in decent, mostly older, stereo recordings. The performances chosen are excellent ones; here we have the Great C major symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic under István Kertész, the Quartetto Italiano in the "Death and the Maiden" Quartet, and Clifford Curzon in a selection of piano music. That's all very nice, but something described as "ultimate" and pertaining to Franz Schubert must at least contain something of his vocal music; he is probably the "ultimate" composer of lieder, and one cannot grasp his style at even a basic level without at least considering some of his art songs. Moreover, it is not as if Decca has no recordings of Schubert lieder in its catalog from which to choose. Although the discs are well filled, CD 4 contains just Schubert's C major quintet and quartet movement in C minor, adding up to just short of 60 minutes; the inclusion of two or three lied would've really added some value in the otherwise blank remainder. In addition, one wonders why the whole of the Rosamunde music was included; the overture, certainly, is among Schubert's best-known orchestral works, but the rest of the incidental music is rather third-tier in comparison with other possible options, such as the Symphony No. 3, the Sonata D. 960, not to mention some lieder.
If the artists here are appealing - certainly the Beaux Arts Trio, Kertész, and Curzon would be - and one does not already have them in performances of these works, then Ultimate Schubert might be an option; certainly the asking price is none too dear for a five-disc set. Nevertheless, as a basic guide to what's the best and most important music of Schubert, which Ultimate Schubert seems to want to be as it is subtitled "the essential masterpieces," it cannot be recommended as such. While his instrumental music is superb, Schubert's melodic voice is found in the lied and it is the driving force behind his more ambitious projects. In Ultimate Schubert, Decca has managed to provide the cart without the horse.
Tracklist:
CD1
01. Concertgebouw Orchestra [Bernard Haitink] - I. Overture (Die Zauberharfe, D.644)
02. Concertgebouw Orchestra [Bernard Haitink] - II. Entr'acte No. 1
03. Concertgebouw Orchestra [Bernard Haitink] - III. Romance
04. Concertgebouw Orchestra [Bernard Haitink] - IV. Chorus of Spirits
05. Concertgebouw Orchestra [Bernard Haitink] - V. Entr'acte No. 2
06. Concertgebouw Orchestra [Bernard Haitink] - VI. Ballet Music No. 1
07. Concertgebouw Orchestra [Bernard Haitink] - VII. Shepherd's melody
08. Concertgebouw Orchestra [Bernard Haitink] - VIII. Chorus of Shepherds
09. Concertgebouw Orchestra [Bernard Haitink] - IX. Entr'acte No. 3
10. Concertgebouw Orchestra [Bernard Haitink] - X. Chorus of Huntsmen
11. Concertgebouw Orchestra [Bernard Haitink] - XI. Ballet Music No. 2
12. Concertgebouw Orchestra [Bernard Haitink] - I. Allegro moderato
13. Concertgebouw Orchestra [Bernard Haitink] - II. Andante con moto
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CD2
01. Wiener Philharmoniker [Istvan Kertesz] - Symphony No.5 in B flat major, D485 - Allegro
02. Wiener Philharmoniker [Istvan Kertesz] - Symphony No.5 in B flat major, D485 - Andante con moto
03. Wiener Philharmoniker [Istvan Kertesz] - Symphony No.5 in B flat major, D485 - Menuetto- Allegro molto
04. Wiener Philharmoniker [Istvan Kertesz] - Symphony No.5 in B flat major, D485 - Allegro vivace
05. Wiener Philharmoniker [Istvan Kertesz] - Symphony No.9 in C major 'Great', D944 - Andante - Allegro ma non troppo
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08. Wiener Philharmoniker [Istvan Kertesz] - Symphony No.9 in C major 'Great', D944 - Allegro vivace
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CD3
01. Quartetto Italiano & Beaux Arts Trio - I. Allegro
02. Quartetto Italiano & Beaux Arts Trio - II. Andante con moto
03. Quartetto Italiano & Beaux Arts Trio - III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
04. Quartetto Italiano & Beaux Arts Trio - IV. Presto
05. Quartetto Italiano & Beaux Arts Trio - I. Allegro vivace
06. Quartetto Italiano & Beaux Arts Trio - II. Andante
07. Quartetto Italiano & Beaux Arts Trio - III. Scherzo. Presto
08. Quartetto Italiano & Beaux Arts Trio - IV. Andantino. tema con variazioni
09. Quartetto Italiano & Beaux Arts Trio - V. Finale. Allegro giusto
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CD4
01. Weller Quartet - Allegro ma non troppo
02. Weller Quartet - Adagio
03. Weller Quartet - Scherzo - Presto - Trio - Andante sostenuto
04. Weller Quartet - Allegretto
05. Weller Quartet - Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703
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CD5
01. Clifford Curzon - Piano Sonata in D major, D.850 - I Allegro vivace
02. Clifford Curzon - Piano Sonata in D major, D.850 - II Con moto
03. Clifford Curzon - Piano Sonata in D major, D.850 - III Scherzo-Allegro vivace
04. Clifford Curzon - Piano Sonata in D major, D.850 - IV Rondo-Allegro moderato
05. Clifford Curzon - Impromptu in G flat major, D.899 No.3
06. Clifford Curzon - Impromptu in A flat major, D.899 No.4
07. Clifford Curzon - Moments musicaux op.94, D780 - No.1 in C major
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12. Clifford Curzon - Moments musicaux op.94, D780 - No.6 in A flat major
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