When he created his ‘Great’ symphony in C major, Franz Schubert composed a work of mighty proportions.
Robert Schumann, who became aware of the score after Schubert’s death, spoke of The symphony’s amazing attributes.
Not until 1839, eleven years after Schubert’s early death, the symphony in C major was played by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in the Gewand-haus in Leipzig for the first time. After the symphonies of Beethoven, Schubert’s ‘Great’ is considered to be one of the most important symphonic orchestral work of the early 19th century and is now a part of the core repertoire in all the major symphony orchestras.
General Music Director Fabio Luisi has worked on the Schubert’s Symphony 2019 with the Philharmonia Zurich. The live recording in the Opernhaus Zürich is now available.
Here is Leonard Bernstein conducting this work by Franz Schubert:
