Schubert: Symphony No. 9 Philharmonia Orchestra & Christoph von Dohnányi

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944 'Great':
• 1 Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944 'Great': I. Andante – Allegro ma non troppo 15:12
• 2 Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944 'Great': II. Andante con moto 13:22
• 3 Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944 'Great': III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 11:49
• 4 Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944 'Great': IV. Allegro vivace 12:38
• Total Runtime 53:01

Info for Schubert: Symphony No. 9

This outstanding performance was recorded as part of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s 70th concert season. Led by Honorary Conductor for Life Christoph von Dohnanyi, this recording was taken live at the Royal Festival Hall in October of 2015. Believed by many to be Schubert’s greatest symphony, this work is interpreted by Dohnanyi beautifully, and with grandeur and intensity.

Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in October 2015, as part of the Orchestra’s 70th anniversary season, this performance is conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi, the Philharmonia’s Honorary Conductor for Life. Dohnányi captures the grandeur and intensity of Schubert’s final and greatest symphony.

Classical Source commented about the performance: “…Schubert 9 was altogether special. It couldn’t have started better with Neil Black and Kira Doherty as a dream duo of horn-players. They launched a performance that was at once forward-moving but not rushed, and meticulous (with detail, dynamics and balance, trombones always present but never obtrusive, double basses a constant rock) yet fresh. Despite woodwinds being doubled (four of each, in other words) and strings at full-strength the clarity was amazing, so too the buoyancy of the playing, crisp, articulate and powerful.”

“The music is allowed to unfold seemingly without effort, but always with dramatic focus” (Classic FM)

Philharmonia Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor

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