Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Vienna Philharmonic play Schubert

'Some of it so tender you can hardly breathe'

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4

Michael Tanner

Published: June 8, 2016 at 1:43 pm

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

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

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.
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