Browse: Schubert - Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D125

beautifully and practically presented, while the performances, the performances, especially of the early symphonies, Nos 1-6, are miraculously alert and affectionately Viennese in style. Harnoncourt’s... — Sunday Times, 1st October 2017 More…

it is the ‘Great’ C major that is perhaps the gem of the present set: a notably intense performance, played with tireless propulsion and infectious fervour. — Gramophone Magazine, February 2022 More…

This recording is perhaps more valuable for the two overtures, both written around the same time as the Sixth Symphony, than for the symphonies themselves. Not that Edward Gardner and the CBSO... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The playing of the Staatskapelle Dresden is quite excellent, with fine work from the strings and commendable clarity of wind textures. This may be “big-band” Schubert, but never once did I sense... — MusicWeb International, 14th April 2014 More…

...if you’re looking for really good, up-to-date, modern instrument performances in state-of-art sound, this fits the bill. There’s no going wrong with this one. Very strongly recommended. — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

Jacobs locates the music firmly among the great 19th-century symphonic tradition, and his admiration for it can be heard in these performances...Jacobs’s interpretations certainly aren’t without... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

incandescent atmosphere and magisterial playing — Classic FM Magazine, August 2011 More…