![]() ![]() ![]() His lightness of touch, his delight in the beauty of the sound he was summoning, the directness of his approach to melody and his general high spirits will all dominate our memory of these performances. ![]() Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beechamīeecham was well into his seventies when he made these recordings with the Royal Philharmonic, the orchestra he had founded in 1946. In this repertoire, the competition tends to be from large symphony orchestras - BPO and Boöhm, Royal Concertgebouw and Harnoncourt, the NDRSO and Wand, to name three of the finest cycles - but Marriner's set can be confidently recommended if you respond to a more agile, 'modern' (though not 'authentic') approach. The later, great works like the Unfinished and the Great C major are also very appealing, with beautifully judged tempi and some wonderfully vivacious playing by these virtuoso musicians. The early symphonies are a sheer delight in this cycle with some glorious playing by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Marriner's Schubert is light on its feet, full of sprung rhythms and gracefully=turned phrases. So if you want to hear Schubert performance at its best, this list is the perfect place to start.Īcademy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner All of these lists are, of course, subjective, but every recording here has received the approval of Gramophone's critics and are artistic and musical benchmarks. The list begins with orchestral works, then moves through chamber and instrumental, and finishes with vocal. To find out more about subscribing to the Database, visit: .uk/subscribe. We have tried to give a recommendation for every major work and we have included, where possible, the complete original Gramophone reviews, which are drawn from Gramophone's Reviews Database of more than 45,000 reviews. As before, we've focused on Gramophone Award-winning albums, Recordings of the Month, Editor's Choice discs and legendary earlier recordings from the likes of Artur Schnabel, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Paul Lewis, Bryn Terfel, Ian Bostridge, Karl Böhm and many more. A warm welcome to Gramophone's guide to the 50 greatest Schubert recordings, which now joins our similar guides to the music of Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin and Handel. ![]()
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