Karl Bohm - Schubert: Symphonies No.5 & 8 (1977, 1979) [2021 SACD Vintage Collection]

Böhm's supreme masterpiece! New and latest reproduction from the analog master tape of his home country.

"Unfinished" recorded live at the Schubertiade Festival in Hohenems when Karl Böhm (1894-1981) was 82 years old, and Musik Feline in Vienna at the age of 85, his last year, about two years before his death. The latest reproduction of "No. 5", which was recorded in the session at. Each was recorded with the Vienna Philharmonic, and the stereo recording on the DG was Schubert's symphony recording since the completion of the complete symphony with the Berlin Philharmonic from 1963 to 1971. At the same time, in January 1979, Staatskapelle Dresden and Kurtua Palast also recorded "Great" live (also reprinted in 2017 with this project of SA-CD hybrid board (PROC2078)). .. In addition, "No. 5" was released earlier, and it was released in 1981 when Böhm died as a coupling with "Schumann: Symphony No. 4" recorded in 1978 in Japan. "Unfinished" was released as "Mozart: Eine Kleine" the year after his death, so the combination of the two songs was later released as a memorial board.

Although Böhm recorded the complete symphony, it seems that the actual repertoire was mostly these two songs and "Great". "No. 5" has recorded three sessions, including the sound source recorded in the Vienna Philharmonic and DECCA in 1954. There were many "unfinished" and live recordings, and I continued to play Schubert, which is related to Vienna. Bame's live performances, including "Unfinished", which has been commercialized in Japan, are also very popular, and this 1977 performance has a slightly softer focus than the strict expression of Bame that you usually show, and it is totally elegant. It is a performance. On the other hand, "No. 5" seems to have worked hard in a session, and the accurate conducting with a high degree of concentration emphasizes the robust sound like Böhm, and I will continue to listen to it as one of the masterpieces of this song. It will be inherited. In addition, the sound quality is quite different in the session from the live with the limitation of the microphone. "Unfinished" has abundant indirect sounds that convey the atmosphere of the venue, and "No. 5" has the highest sound quality of the beautiful Vienna Philharmonic with high resolution, partly because it was the completion period of DG's analog recording at that time. It has been reproduced.

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Tracks:

Franz Schubert:
1. Symphony No. 8 in B minor D759 "Unfinished"
2. Symphony No. 5 in B flat major D485

Personnel:

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Böhm (conductor)

recording
June 1977 Hohenems (1)
December 1979 Vienna (2)