Munich Symphony
Kevin John Edusei, Conductor
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 6
Solo Musica
Sergio A. Mims writes:
Solo
Musica will release in November the second of the on-going series of
all the Franz Schubert symphonies conducted by Kevin John Edusei with
the Munich Symphony. Edusei is the chief-conductor of Munich Symphony
The
recording presented here is dedicated to the last two symphonies of
Franz Schubert’s earlier compositional period. Both are united by their
emergence in the atmosphere of the amateur orchestra founded by Otto
Hatwig, in which Franz played the viola, and his brother Ferdinand the
violin. This orchestra was a stroke of luck for the young Schubert, akin
to a laboratory where he could thoroughly test his compositions against
the works of composing contemporaries such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
and Méhul, and in real world conditions.
Nevertheless,
in their compositional intent, the symphonies are so fundamentally
different that it is tempting to present these two dissimilar siblings
on one album. Looking at the entire cycle of the Schubert symphonies,
and the existential crisis in which Schubert found himself after 1818,
this criticism seems in hindsight to be justified only to a certain
extent. The creative chasm that opened up in front of Schubert is
documented in his many symphonic drafts and abandoned works. In chamber
music and in song composition, his productivity likewise decreased
considerably. At that time, there was also the break with his father.
Against this background, the Sixth seems like a charming “coming-of-age”
work that demonstrated to the composer – with the utmost severity – the
creative limits of youth-fuelled ardor.
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