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Schubert (Un)finished

Symphony No. 7 in B flat major (D 759), Lieder with orchestra

Florian Boesch (bass-baritone)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Stefan Gottfried

Schubert (Un)finished

Awards:

I’m still in two minds as to how well this completion of Schubert’s score (fleshed out with a reupholstered scherzo and an en’tracte from Rosamunde) hangs together, but the poise and lyricism...

Schubert (Un)finished

Symphony No. 7 in B flat major (D 759), Lieder with orchestra

Florian Boesch (bass-baritone)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Stefan Gottfried

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Awards:

I’m still in two minds as to how well this completion of Schubert’s score (fleshed out with a reupholstered scherzo and an en’tracte from Rosamunde) hangs together, but the poise and lyricism...

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Bass-baritone Florian Boesch, top class Lied-singer, blooms in a Schubert programme (finest orchestrations by Brahms and Webern) with the renowned Concentus Musicus, the Viennese orchestra now led by the talented Stefan Gottfried. Next to these sublimated pieces, the Concentus performs a finished version of the mysterious ‘Unfinished’ Symphony.

A Scherzo by Schubert himself was completed by a composer (Nicola Samale) and a musicologist (Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs) so that the result is faithful to the musician's special expression. And Rosamunde’s Overture concludes this re-enactment: a moving experience and a touching journey through time.

Florian Boesch’s strong voice and exquisite diction are beautified by Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s legendary ensemble. Stefan Gottfried, his worthy heir, leads the musicians on the romantic paths that combinate love and grief.

Contents and tracklist

I. Allegro moderato
Track length14:06
II. Andante con moto
Track length10:30
III. Scherzo: Allegro - Trio (completed by Nicola Samale, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs, 2015)
Track length6:57
IV. Finale. Allegro moderato (Entr'acte No. 1 from Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus, D. 797)
Track length11:19

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Awards and reviews

  • Presto Editor's Choice
    January 2019
  • Diapason d’Or
    March 2019
    Nouveauté

January 2019

I’m still in two minds as to how well this completion of Schubert’s score (fleshed out with a reupholstered scherzo and an en’tracte from Rosamunde) hangs together, but the poise and lyricism of the first two movements are thoroughly winning on their own terms. Boesch contributes incisive and intense accounts of seven songs in Brahms's and Webern’s orchestrations, spurred onto near-Wagnerian grandeur by the thrilling brass in Gruppe aus dem Tartarus.
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