COMPOSERS: Schubert
LABELS: Medici Arts
WORKS: In Rehearsal and Performance: Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (Great)
PERFORMER: Karl Böhm; Vienna Symphony
CATALOGUE NO: 2072198
Böhm’s performance of Schubert’s Ninth Symphony is typically well-crafted, and his insights in the rehearsal sequence are deeply absorbing. However, a flutter in the sound of the latter soon becomes profoundly distracting. Christopher Dingle