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Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "Great" / Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony
BR Klassik

Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "Great" / Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony

$19.99

Details

Composer
SCHUBERT, FRANZ
Artist
Jansons
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Aug 03, 2018
Catalog #
BRK900169
UPC
4035719001693

About

The "Great" C major Symphony was the last symphony that Schubert composed – a “Finished” to follow his "Unfinished", the first two movements of which he had just completed before discontinuing work on it (for reasons unknown). In contrast to his far shorter Sixth Symphony, also in C major, it was named "the Great" - and it is indeed a great and magnificent work, marking the culmination of his symphonic oeuvre. It is monumental and representative, and was written with large audiences very much in mind. Schubert began this composition in August 1824, or possibly even as late as March 1825. Most of the work on it took place in the summer of 1825, during the longest Journey of his life. It took him from Vienna via Linz, Steyr, Gmunden (where he found the scenery "truly heavenly"), Salzburg and then up to Bad Gastein, where he saw some magnificent alpine peaks. The first page of the score manuscript is dated "March 1828" – possibly the month in which he finally completed the work. On November 19 of that same year, Schubert died at the age of only thirty-one. The symphony was premiered posthumously on March 21, 1839 in the Leipzig Gewandhaus, and conducted by the Gewandhaus Kapellmeister at that time - the 30-year-old Felix Mendelssohn. This exciting live recording features the special acoustics of the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz.

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REVIEW:

Mariss Jansons presides over an uncommonly engaging performance of Schubert’s uplifting ‘Great’ C major symphony. This is great music-making of unshakable conviction.

– MusicWeb International

Tracklist 4 tracks

  1. 1 I. Andante - Allegro ma non troppo 15:32
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Andante - Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    15:32
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  2. 2 II. Andante con moto 13:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    13:48
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  3. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 14:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    14:11
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  4. 4 IV. Allegro vivace 16:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    16:51
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons