Schubert: Symphony No. 3, Symphony No. 8 (''Unfinished'') / City Of London Sinfonia, Director: Richard Hickox / MCA Classics Audio CD / MCAD-5954

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Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 3 in D major, D 200, was written between 24 May and 19 July 1815, a few months after his eighteenth birthday. Like the other early symphonies (the six written before the "Unfinished" Symphony of 1822), it was not published during Schubert's lifetime. It appeared many years later, in the first Schubert complete works edition in 1884. It is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings.

Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 (sometimes renumbered as Symphony No. 7, in accordance with the revised Deutsch catalogue and the Neue Schubert-Ausgabe), commonly known as the Unfinished Symphony (German: Unvollendete), is a musical composition that Schubert started in 1822 but left with only two movements—though he lived for another six years. A scherzo, nearly completed in piano score but with only two pages orchestrated, also survives.

Tracklist:

SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN D (D.200)

1.  1st Movement: Adagio maestoso— Allegro con brio   9:49

2.  2nd Movement: Allegretto   4:39

3.  3rd Movement: Menuetto vivace   4:08

4.  4th Movement: Presto vivace   4:50

SYMPHONY NO. 8 IN B MINOR (“Unfinished”) (D.759)

5.  1st Movement: Allegro moderato   14:32

6.  2nd Movement: Andante con moto   10:56

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