SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 In C Major, D944 'The Great' CD

Schubert was just thirty-one when he died, yet this prolific Austrian composer had already produced nine symphonies, as well as many string quartets, piano compositions and over 600 songs. One of his most-loved pieces is the piano quintet, The Trout. Total running time 58 minutes on CD: Tracklist: Symphony No. 9 'The Great', I. Andante - Allegro ma non troppo (15.57), II. Andante con moto (14.07), III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace (13.40), IV. Finale: Allegro vivace (15.15). '...a strikingly live and vital account of Schubert's Ninth......Orchestral textures are light and clear, speeds brisk but not over-driven, detail clear and neatly etched with the string-playing responsive and polished.' - Gramophone. '...the most remarkable recording of this elusive work since Furtwängler's famous Berlin account in 1951. It has a ferocity which, in some places, notably the climax of the second movement, turns into a frightening stampede, to be followed by a prolonged awed silence.' - BBC Music Magazine.