Karl Munchinger: The Schubert Recordings
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4825379
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 4
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 9th June 2017
Contents
Works
German Dances (5) and Trios (7) with Coda, D90Minuets (5) with Trios (6), D89
Overture in D major, D556
Rosamunde: Incidental Music, D797
Symphony no.2 in B flat major, D125
Symphony no.3 in D major, D200
Symphony no.4 in C minor, D417 'Tragic'
Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D485
Symphony no.6 in C major, D589
Symphony no.8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Symphony no.9 in C major, D944 'Great'
Artists
Wiener PhilharmonikerStuttgarter Kammerorchester
Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart
Conductor
Karl MunchingerWorks
German Dances (5) and Trios (7) with Coda, D90Minuets (5) with Trios (6), D89
Overture in D major, D556
Rosamunde: Incidental Music, D797
Symphony no.2 in B flat major, D125
Symphony no.3 in D major, D200
Symphony no.4 in C minor, D417 'Tragic'
Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D485
Symphony no.6 in C major, D589
Symphony no.8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Symphony no.9 in C major, D944 'Great'
Artists
Wiener PhilharmonikerStuttgarter Kammerorchester
Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart
Conductor
Karl MunchingerAbout
He was among the first modern performers to popularise Pachelbel’s Canon and Gigue, on a Baroque compilation that became an introduction to the world of classical music for many thousands of listeners. His work, however, was not solely confined to his home city. His refined ear and old-school musicianship were welcome around Europe, including Vienna, where he recorded six of Schubert’s symphonies between 1959 and 1965, excluding the First, and the Ninth: the latter omission remedied by Decca in 1969, when the ‘Great’ C major was set down with the Klassische Philharmonie of Stuttgart which Münchinger had grown as an offshoot of the chamber orchestra.
The Vienna recordings were warmly welcomed at the time, for values of charm, grace and discipline which may be thought eternal in this music, whatever the passing fashions of orchestral sonority. Reviewing the Fourth and Fifth in September 1970, High Fidelity reported the ‘impeccable playing’ of the Vienna Philharmonic, ‘and the recording itself is faultless’. In general the critical reaction mirrored that of Gramophone’s reviewer in May 1968: ‘Münchinger’s Schubert performances are lively (yet never too fast) and affectionate. Both playing and recording are very good.’
These performances, never before issued together, are newly remastered and come with a prologue, in the form of German Dances, recorded in Stuttgart in 1955. There is also an epilogue to round out the conductor’s Schubert legacy: the complete incidental music to Rosamunde, set down in Vienna in 1970: a gramophone classic that has hardly left the catalogue since and was reissued by Decca fifteen years ago in its ‘Legends’ series.
‘Münchinger conducts the ‘Unfinished’ admirably, a performance notable for its wide dynamic range (which the excellent recording helps, of course). The very start, for instance, really is pp for once, while the climaxes ring out splendidly … The finale [of No.2] is a Presto vivace and is most successfully played as such, with its second subject given delightful charm.’ - Gramophone, February 1966
‘The well-known B flat entr’acte is charmingly delicate and affectionate and is beautifully played – and how marvellous the very soft tone of the Vienna strings is. The choruses of Shepherds and Huntsmen show, as well as excellent chorus singing, very good solo singers from the choir.’ - Gramophone, March 1976 (Rosamunde)
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