Schubert Symphony No. 9 "The Great" in under 10 minutes

This is compiled from a 1952 recording made by the Concetgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Josef Krips. The whole symphony can be downloaded at;
http://www.eavb.co.uk/lp/extrakrips.html

"The excellence of the performance is matched by that of the recording; it manages to be very clean and forward, without deterioration towards the end of the inevitably rather long sides. An unreservedly good recording ... I believe that few listeners will have any reasonable cause for disappointment with this one." MM in The Gramophone October 1952

"In its day this was regarded as one of the most reliable versions of the Great C major Symphony and rehearing this performance after a gap of many years one can understand why it enjoyed its reputation. The performance is admirably unfussy and unmannered (save for one detail) and combines the lyrical sweetness and architectural strength for which this masterpiece calls. The authors of The Record Guide spoke of it as "a very worthy performance, magnificently recorded", but did complain that "Krips commits the fashionable error of broadening the tempo in the coda of the first movement", which they found an unnecessary vulgarism. It is a reservation that I would strongly underline, as for some listeners, it would be enough to rule the disc out of court. The tempo of the slow movement is brisk and business-like without ever being over-drilled as it was in the Munch version, Everything is well held-together without in any way diminishing the lyricism of the movement. Krips omits the repeats in the Scherzo which will also trouble some collectors but one must concede that the playing of the Dutch woodwind is quite magnificent in the Trio; indeed it is beautifully eloquent throughout." R. L. writing in the Gramophone July 1974.

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