There are plenty of historical-instrument versions of Schubert's symphonies on the market, and plenty of readings from modern symphony orchestras. The Münchner Philharmoniker and conductor Kevin John Edusei seek a middle ground in their ongoing series of Schubert symphonies, and by and large, they find it. Edusei strips the Philharmonic down to 51 players, using modern instruments, with the winds and brass cutting through the string section easily. He has led various orchestras in the Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200, and ...
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There are plenty of historical-instrument versions of Schubert's symphonies on the market, and plenty of readings from modern symphony orchestras. The Münchner Philharmoniker and conductor Kevin John Edusei seek a middle ground in their ongoing series of Schubert symphonies, and by and large, they find it. Edusei strips the Philharmonic down to 51 players, using modern instruments, with the winds and brass cutting through the string section easily. He has led various orchestras in the Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200, and Symphony No. 7 in E major, D. 729 (do not be fooled by the earlier Edusei recording including a Symphony No. 7, actually the Symphony No. 8 in B minor ["Unfinished"] in the German numbering), but here, with the Münchner Philharmoniker, of which he has been the conductor for several years, he gets virtuoso results. The orchestra is exceptionally well-drilled, with a remarkably homogenous string sound and a delightfully graceful Allegretto in the Symphony No. 3 that unfolds like...
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