Schubert. 'Great' Symphony in C Major.

[Barbirollians]

And now I loved the Blomstedt with his old orchestra the LGO that came out on DG last year - a performance that strongly seemed to look forward to Bruckner but in a good way.

[gurnemanz]

And now I loved the Blomstedt with his old orchestra the LGO that came out on DG last year - a performance that strongly seemed to look forward to Bruckner but in a good way.

Aged 20, during my year abroad as part of my German degree, I was in a car going through the Alps and we tuned to a classical music station. Some imposing music came on and I said it sounded like Bruckner and was quite appropriate to the mountainous surroundings. The post-announcement said it was Schubert 9 - the first time I had ever heard the work. Not Bruckner but also suitable Alpine listening.

[Barbirollians]

And now I loved the Blomstedt with his old orchestra the LGO that came out on DG last year - a performance that strongly seemed to look forward to Bruckner but in a good way.

Struck tonight that although timbres are different how similar Savall is in tempi to Blomstedt. Some very prominent timpani though.

[smittims]

Yesterday I heard Daniel Barenboim's recording with the Berln Phil, where he observes all the repeats, totalling 63 minutes. The exposition repeat in the finale is the one that surprises me.

[Petrushka]

Yesterday I heard Daniel Barenboim's recording with the Berln Phil, where he observes all the repeats, totalling 63 minutes. The exposition repeat in the finale is the one that surprises me.

I'm happy to hear all the repeats except the one in the finale. To my ears it sounds contrived and unconvincing. In his later performances, Bernard Haitink omitted just that one but on the grounds that it was too tiring for the musicians.

[Barbirollians]

The Ninth in Savall’s reading is rather more high tension than his Unfinished but still jolly grand.

[smittims]

Indeed, Petrushka. The surprise for me is the 'first time' bars, which sound so odd, even un-Schubertian, as if they were added by Engelbert Humperdinck.

[richardfinegold]

I'm happy to hear all the repeats except the one in the finale. To my ears it sounds contrived and unconvincing. In his later performances, Bernard Haitink omitted just that one but on the grounds that it was too tiring for the musicians.

Did Schubert ever get to hear a performance of the work? One wonders if he would have pruned it after a few performances

[Bryn]

Did Schubert ever get to hear a performance of the work? One wonders if he would have pruned it after a few performances

The first public performance came more than a decade after his death.