Grand Duo

Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Raymond Leppard, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Schubert: Overture in C Major/Symphony No 3/Grand Duo
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Overture In C Major 'In The Italian Style'
2. Symphony No. 3: I. Adagio maestoso: Allegro con brio
3. Symphony No. 3: II. Allegretto
4. Symphony No. 3: III. Menuetto: Vivace
5. Symphony No. 3: IV. Presto vivace
6. Grand Duo: I. Allegro moderato
7. Grand Duo: II. Andante
8. Grand Duo: III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
9. Grand Duo: IV. Finale: Allegro vivace

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CD Details

All Artists: Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Raymond Leppard, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Title: Schubert: Overture in C Major/Symphony No 3/Grand Duo
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Koss
Release Date: 10/24/2006
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 021299022214

Synopsis

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While still a controversial matter, there seems to be general agreement that Schubert's "Grand Duo" is a symphony that the composer failed to find time to orchestrate (or perhaps a piano reduction of one which he actually did orchestrate). In any case, there isn't a trace of piano style in the music, and in any of its various orchestral arrangements it makes a fully mature Schubert orchestral work. Raymond Leppard's performance is a very fine one, and it's excellently recorded. Along with a jaunty performance of the zippy Third Symphony, this disc makes a very appealing novelty. --David Hurwitz

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CD Reviews

And you thought Indianapolis was only known for the Indy 500

Erik North | San Gabriel, CA USA | 08/12/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The fact is that Indianapolis also has one of one of the more unheralded orchestras in the United States. Proof of that is in this recording of relatively unknown works by Franz Schubert--the second of Schubert's two Italian overtures, the Third Symphony, and the orchestrated Grand Duo.The orchestra gives extremely effective performances of each work under the guiding hand of the much-underrated British conductor Raymond Leppard (founder of the English Chamber Orchestra), particularly of the Third Symphony--which, to my knowledge, had either never been recorded by any American orchestra before the ISO's 1990 recording or had seen previous recordings fall into obscurity. It is well worth listening to, even with the plethora of recordings made by more Schubertian orchestras in Berlin, Vienna, and Dresden."