Conductor René Jacobs, recounts: ‘Schubert became the first of my favourite composers at a very young age, when I was given the opportunity to sing some of his songs in concert.
I did sing them as a boy soprano, being a member of the Cathedral Choir in Ghent, my native city. This choir – following the example of the Wiener Sängerknaben – was regularly presenting concerts where some of the boys had been selected to perform as soloists. It was at the same time that I started listening to the Schubert recordings of Dietrich Fischer Dieskau and becoming an unconditional fan of this great singer. So many years later I return to my first love – as a conductor. I discover another Schubert, yet love him as much as I did the first one.’
De 6de symfonie van Schubert wordt door René Jacobs haarscherp gedirigeerd — deVolkskrant
The textures and tempi are bracing, the balance of woodwinds and strings favourable to the soloists while the wit of the fast movements and forward momentum of the andantes are utterly infectious — Sunday Times