Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Vienna Philharmonic play Schubert
'Some of it so tender you can hardly breathe'
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COMPOSERS: Schubert
LABELS: Eloquence
ALBUM TITLE: Schubert
WORKS: Symphony No. 8; Rosamunde – incidental music
PERFORMER: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic/Pierre Monteux
CATALOGUE NO: 480 8905 (1965)
This is a fiery, intense and dark Unfinished, followed by an ideal performance of three pieces from Rosamunde, some of it so tender you can hardly breathe.
Michael Tanner
Authors
Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.