Symphony no. 9 in C major, D944 'Great' Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'

Album by Franz Schubert & London Symphony Orchestra & Wiener Philharmoniker & Josef Krips

Symphony No. 9 in C major, D.944 (the "Great") and Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D.759 (the "Unfinished") are orchestral works by Austrian composer Franz Schubert, composed in 1825–1826 and 1822 respectively. The Ninth is an expansive, late symphony characterised by broad melodies and rich orchestration that reflects Schubert's large-scale symphonic aims, while the Unfinished, surviving in two completed movements, is marked by lyrical themes, unexpected harmonic turns and an introspective Romantic atmosphere that had influence on later nineteenth-century symphonic writing.