Schubert

From 1805 Schubert learnt the violin from his father, piano from his brother Ignaz, and piano, organ and counterpoint from Michael Holzer, and in 1808 he was admitted as a chorister at the Imperial Seminary (Konvikt). At the center of his art are the songs, the sheer number of which testifies to his immediate amd spontaneous response to the spirit and feeling of early romantic poetry. It is his symphonies, however, which are presented here.

Symphony No 1 in D major (1813)

1. Adagio - Allegro vivace
2. Andante
3. Minuetto Allegro
4. Allegro vivace

Symphony No 2 in B-flat major

1. Largo - Allegro vivace
2. Andante
3. Menuetto
4. Presto vivace

Symphony No 3 in D major (1815)

1. Adagio maestoso - Allegro con brio
2. Allegretto
3. Menuetto: Vivace
4. Presto vivace

Symphony No 4 (Tragic) in C minor (1816)

1. Adagio Molto - Allegro vivace
2. Andante
3. (Minuetto) Allegro vivace
4. Allegro

Symphony No 5 in E-flat Major (1816)

1. Allegro
2. Andante con moto
3. Menuetto. Allegro Molto
4. Allegro vivace

Symphony No.6 in C Major (1817-18)
"The Little Symphony in C"

1. Adagio - Allegro - Piú moto
2. Andante
3. Scherzo: Presto
4. Allegro moderato

Symphony No 8 ("Unfinished") in B Minor (1822)

1. Allegro Moderato
2. Andante con moto

Symphony No 9 ("Great") in C Major (1828)

1. Andante - Allegro, ma non troppo
2. Andante con moto
3. Scherzo, Allegro vivace
4. Allegro vivace