Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2 * Nos. 2 & 6 & Italian Overtures (2020) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: I. Largo-Allegro vivace
02. Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: II. Andante
03. Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: III. Menuetto e trio
04. Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: IV. Presto
05. Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589 "Little C Major": I. Adagio-Allegro
06. Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589 "Little C Major": II. Andante
07. Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589 "Little C Major": III. Scherzo
08. Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589 "Little C Major": IV. Allegro moderato
09. Overture in D Major, D. 590 "In the Italian Style"
10. Overture in C Major, Op. 170, D. 591 "In the Italian Style"

For the second volume in his Birmingham Schubert symphony cycle, Edward Gardner turns to the Second and Sixth Symphonies. Composed between December 1814 and March 1815, the Second Symphony is not only a response by Schubert to the works of Beethoven, and especially the Prometheus Overture, but also strives to push the conventional symphonic boundaries, most notably in the extended exposition of the first movement. Completed in February 1818, the Sixth Symphony was the first to be titled "Große Sinfonie" (grand symphony) by Schubert, a mark of his growing confidence in his work in the symphonic idiom. The two Overtures were composed at the same time as the Sixth Symphony, and are clearly modelled on the overtures of Rossini, whose music was all the rage in Vienna at that time.