Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8

Album by Franz Schubert & WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln & Günter Wand

Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8 is an album of orchestral works by Austrian composer Franz Schubert, composed in 1816 and 1822. Musically the works exemplify the transition from late Classical balance to early Romantic expressiveness, featuring lyrical melodies, expanded harmonic language and varied orchestral colours that contrast the lighter, more fleet-footed character of the earlier symphony with the darker, more introspective material of the later one, and they mark important steps in Schubert's evolution as a composer of large-scale orchestral forms.

Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8 by Franz Schubert - album cover

First released: 2nd April 2002

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1.
Symphony No. 4 in C Major, "Tragic," D. 417: I. Adagio Molto-Allegro Vivace
9:25
2.
Symphony No. 4 in C Major, "Tragic," D. 417: II. Andante
7:57
3.
Symphony No. 4 in C Major, "Tragic," D. 417: III. Menuett: Allegro Vivace
3:04
4.
Symphony No. 4 in C Major, "Tragic," D. 417: IV. Allegro
7:31
5.
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, "Unfinished," D. 759: I. Allegro Moderato
14:43
6.
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, "Unfinished," D. 759: II. Andante Con Moto
12:06