Schubert: Complete Symphonies, Rosamunde; Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt, Willi Boskovsky (5CD)

SCHUBERT
Complete Symphonies

CD1  60’34
Symphony No.1 in D D82
1 I. Adagio – Allegro vivace  10’15
2 II. Andante  8’42
3 III. Menuetto: Allegro – Trio  6’08
4 IV. Allegro vivace  6’26
Symphony No.2 in B flat D125
5 I. Largo – Allegro vivace  10’28
6 II. Andante  8’54
7 III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace – Trio  3’43
8 IV. Presto vivace  5’54

CD2  53’25
Symphony No.3 in D D200
1 I. Adagio maestoso – Allegro con brio  9’38 
2 II. Allegretto  4’27
3 III. Menuetto: Vivace – Trio  4’06
4 IV. Presto vivace  4’38
Symphony No.4 in C minor D417 ‘Tragic’
5 I. Adagio molto – Allegro vivace  9’47
6 II. Andante  9’32
7 III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace – Trio  3’20
8 IV. Allegro  7’44

CD3  59’22
Symphony No.5 in B flat D485
1 I. Allegro  7’07
2 II. Andante con moto  10’45
3 III. Menuetto: Allegro molto – Trio  5’12
4 IV. Allegro vivace  5’51
Symphony No.6 in C D589
5 I. Adagio – Allegro  7’57
6 II. Andante  6’20
7 III. Scherzo: Presto – Più lento  6’17
8 IV. Allegro moderato  9’28

CD4  78’02
Symphony No.8 in B minor D759 ‘Unfinished’
1 I. Allegro moderato  11’26
2 II. Andante con moto  12’39
Symphony No.9 in C D944 ‘Great’
3 I. Andante – Allegro ma non troppo – Più moto  14’37
4 II. Andante con moto  15’50
5 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace – Trio  10’54
6 IV. Finale: Allegro vivace  12’13

Staatskapelle Dresden
Herbert Blomstedt conductor

CD5  62’17
Rosamunde
Incidental Music to the play “Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus” D797
Text: Helmina von Chézy · Edition: Breitkopf & Härtel
1. 1. Overture (originally intended for the opera “Alfonso und Estrella”)  6’02
2. 2. Entr’acte after Act I – Allegro molto moderato  7’14
3. 3. Ballet - Allegro moderato – Andante un poco assai  7’22
4. 3a. Entr’acte after Act II – Andante  3’01 
5. 3b. Romance “Der Vollmond strahlt auf Bergeshöhn” – Andante con moto  3’56
6. 4. Chorus of the Shades “In der Tiefe wohnt das Licht” – Adagio  3’19
7. 5. Entr’acte after Act III – Andantino  7’24
8. 6. Shepherds’ Tunes – Andante  1’17
9. 7. Shepherds’ Chorus “Hier auf den Fluren”– Allegretto  3’57
10. 8. Huntsmen’s Chorus “Wie lebt sich’s so fröhlich im Grünen” – Allegro moderato  1’55
11. 9. Ballet – Andantino  6’27
12. Overture to “Die Zauberharfe”D644  9’55

Ileana Cotrubas soprano
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Horst Neumann chorus master
Staatskapelle Dresden
Willi Boskovsky conductor

Recording: 20–22 February 1978 (No.3); 23 & 24 February 1978 (No.8); 17–19 September 1979 (No.6); 17–19 March 1980 (No.4); 19–21 March, 2 April & 9 October 1980 (No.5); 6–10 October 1980 (No.1); 23–27 March 1981 (No.9); 14 & 15 May 1981 (No.2); March 1977 (Rosamunde), Lukaskirche, Dresden, Germany