Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 1, Muti/Vienna (CD)

“The orchestra’s natural warmth of expression and big sound seem to mesh perfectly with [Muti’s] rhythmic discipline and energetic approach. The result is an Unfinished whose first movement has all of the necessary proto-Brucknerian weight but also plenty of anguish and excited, while the Andante con moto for once really is ‘con moto’.” — Classics Today

Riccardo Muti leads the Vienna Philharmonic in two of Schubert’s symphonies — the well-loved, unfinished Eighth and the lesser-known First. Recorded in 1990.

Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 (Unfinished)
Vienna Philharmonic
June 1990, Great Hall, Musikverein, Vienna

Schubert Symphony No. 1 in D Major, D. 82
Vienna Philharmonic
June 1990, Great Hall, Musikverein, Vienna

Discs: 1
Record Label: Seraphim
Release Date: July 15, 1997