Schubert: Octet in F D803, Op166

1. Octet for clarinet, horn, bassoon & strings in F major, D. 803 (Op. posth. 166)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Walter Boeykens , Peter Despiegelaere , Roel Dieltiens , Walter Boeykens Ensemble , Therese-Marie Gilissen , Marjeta Korosec , Brian Pollard , Andre Pichal , Etienne Siebens

Schubert: Octet in F D803, Op166,Brian Pollard,Roel Dieltiens,Walter Boeykens,Franz Schubert,Etienne Siebens,Ensemble Walter Boeykens,Andre Pichal,Therese-Marie Gilissen,Marjeta Korosec,Peter Despiegelaere,Harmonia Mundi,Chamber,Chamber Music,Classical

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Schubert: Octet in F D803, Op166 Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000007IR Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

1. Octet in F: Adagio-Allegro
2. Octet in F: Adagio
3. Octet in F: Allegro Vivace
4. Octet in F: Andante
5. Octet in F: Menuetto. Allegretto
6. Octet in F: Andante Molto-Allegro

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Schubert: Octet in F D803, Op166 Manufacturer: Camerata ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001ZLG Release Date: 1998-02-03

Tracks:

1. OCTET In F Major D. 803, Op. 166: I - Adagio - Allegro
2. OCTET In F Major D. 803, Op. 166: II - Adagio
3. OCTET In F Major D. 803, Op. 166: III - Allegro vivace
4. OCTET In F Major D. 803, Op. 166: IV - Andante
5. OCTET In F Major D. 803, Op. 166: V - Menuetto; Allegretto
6. OCTET In F Major D. 803, Op. 166: VI - Andante molto - Allegro

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Schubert: Octet in F D803, Op166; Eine kleine Trauermusik in Ef D79 Manufacturer: Praga ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Nonets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005W0N Release Date: 1995-11-21

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The Czech Nonet is a venerable and unusual ensemble mixing winds and strings. It has been making recordings at least since the 1950s. The ensemble plays Schubert very well, with the kind of cohesion that normally comes only from having a lot of experience. At the same time, while the group's unity of purpose is admirable, that purpose often seems more directed toward unity than expressiveness. This is a precise Schubert Octet but not a very expressive one. Even with the bonus of the impressive early (D. 89) Schubert piece, this version is less desirable than Consortium Classicum (MD+G), Mozzafiato, and L'Archibudelli performances on period instruments (Sony), or the bargain Schubert Ensemble (Naxos). --Leslie Gerber

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Schubert: Octet in F D803, Op166 Manufacturer: MD&G Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000021EP Release Date: 1997-10-21

Tracks:

1. Oct in F, D 803: Adagio-Allegro
2. Oct in F, D 803: Adagio
3. Oct in F, D 803: Allegro Vivace
4. Oct in F, D 803: Andante
5. Oct in F, D 803: Menuetto
6. Oct in F, D 803: Andante Molto-Allegro

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Schubert: Octet in F D803, Op166 Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001HNU Release Date: 1993-12-21

Average customer rating: The original release of a period instrument version, now available on budget price - a good version, but there are better ones

Schubert: Octet in F D803, Op166 Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000DUAR Release Date: 1992-12-14

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The original release of a period instrument version, now available on budget price - a good version, but there are better ones.......2006-12-28

Other than an early recording by the grand-pop' of all chamber ensembles performing on period instruments, the Collegium Aureum, on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (late 70s), Schubert's Octet had remained (to my knowledge) the exclusive game of modern instrument ensembles. Then within a few years came a spate of recordings on period instruments, starting with the Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble, recorded in the Fall of 1988 (Schubert: Octet in F Major D803, Oiseau-Lyre). It was closely followed by Jaap Schroeder and the Atlantis Ensemble (Schubert: Octet by the Atlantis Ensemble, Virgin, 1989), Hausmusik (Schubert: Octett, EMI Reflexe 1990, now available on a cheap 5 CD box on Virgin) and then this one by a group spawning from the Aston Magna music festival (Harmonia Mundi, 1991). The series was finally topped off a few years later by L'Archibudelli and Mozzafiato (Schubert: Octet L'Archibudelli & Mozzafiato, Sony, 1995). I refer you to my reviews of all these.

This version by Aston Magna is now available on the cheap "Classical Express" collection, and I have reviewed it at length under that entry, to which I refer you (Schubert: Octet Music from Aston Magna). It is a good version, with many qualities (not least a fine, chamber-music atmosphere) but also some flaws, including a rather shrill and sour tone from leader and 1st fiddler Daniel Stepner, thin cello tone from Myron Lutzke, and some pedestrian to plodding tempos in the 3rd and 5th movements. For these reasons, it must give precedence to the recordings of the Academy of Ancient Music, Hausmusik and L'Archibudelli.

Track Listings:

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2. Sonates Da Chiesa & Da Camera
3. Sor: Introduction Op9; Fantasie Élégiaque in Cm
4. Steffani: Duetti da Camera
5. Stratos
6. Strauss: The King of Three Quarter Time [Music from the Film]
7. Symphony 2 & 4
8. The Sounds of Grieg
9. Thomas Tallis: The Canterbury Years
10. Turina: Danzas gitanas Op55/1-5; procesión del Rocio Op9/1&2

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