Composer(s): Schubert, Franz
Conductor(s): Falletta, JoAnn
Label: Naxos
Genre: Orchestral
Period: Contemporary; Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.572051
Barcode: 0747313205172
Release Date: 03/2009

SCHUBERT, F.: Symphony, "Death and the Maiden" (arr. A. Stein) / Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished" (completed by B. Newbould and M. Venzago)

Schubert’s music has been arranged by many other composers, though few have succeeded in amplifying the astonishing drama and pathos of a masterpiece such as the Death and the Maiden Quartet as has Andy Stein, who writes: ‘I have tried to create a late classical / early Romantic symphony out of this great chamber work, so that it perhaps would sound as if Schubert himself had conceived it in this form’. The reconstruction of the Scherzo of Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Symphony is based on fragments from the composer’s notebooks. The last movement uses segments from Schubert’s incidental music for Rosamunde, written shortly after he had set aside the Symphony, and which scholars believe may have been intended for its finale.

Tracklist

Schubert, Franz
Stein, Andy - Arranger
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
1I. Allegro11:15
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
2II. Andante con moto14:28
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
3III. Scherzo: Allegro molto05:39
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
4IV. Rondo-Finale: Presto08:02
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Schubert, Franz
Newbould, Brian - Arranger
Venzago, Mario - Arranger
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
5I. Allegro moderato10:29
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
6II. Andante con moto10:31
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
7III. Scherzo (completed by B. Newbould)06:31
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
8IV. Rosamunde, Furstin von Cypern, D. 797: Entr'acte No. 1: Allegro molto moderato (edited by M. Venzago)10:35
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:17:30