Schubert: Transfiguration - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

Le Concert des Nations;
Savall, Jordi

AVSA 9950

Jordi Savall releases his first Schubert album, following a recording of Beethoven’s complete symphonies which largely contributed to renew our vision of the early Romantic repertoire.

The Catalan maestro delivers a recording freed from the weight of past traditions to underline the dynamics, the section balance and the timbres that are required in this repertoire.

Jordi Savall decided to entitle this album Transfiguration, because, as he explains, we are always astonished at Schubert’s ability to reach this essentially internal and spiritual dimension, this kind of Transfiguration, which he simply sums up as follows in his diary in 1824: ‘My production is the result of my musical knowledge and my pain’ or, to quote a poem he wrote a little earlier:

When I wanted to sing love,
it turned into pain.
When I wanted to sing pain,
it turned into love.

Works:

•Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
• Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great'

SACD x 2

Muzyka klasyczna

Alia Vox

03-10-2022

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