Schubert's First Symphony was premiered shortly after its completion in October 1813, but then fell into obscurity until its revival in London in 1881.
Performer Biography
The Kammerakademie Potsdam, the orchestra on this recording, was awarded the ECHO Klassik in 2015 for their recording of Schubert's Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4.
Performer Biography
Antonello Manacorda, the conductor, is the Chief Conductor of the Kammerakademie Potsdam since 2010 and was a founding member and long-time concertmaster of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
Composition History
Franz Schubert's First Symphony was composed when he was sixteen, during his final period at the k. u. k. Stadtkonvikt in Vienna.
Composition History
Sketches for Schubert's Tenth Symphony were largely unknown until 1978, when pages from a collection of symphony sketches were definitively attributed to the composer's final months.
Compositional Technique
The fragment of Schubert's Tenth Symphony shows a strong effort towards contrapuntal elaboration, as Schubert had registered for counterpoint lessons with Simon Sechter, who later taught Anton Bruckner.
Compositional Technique
The First Symphony's first movement begins with a slow introduction influenced by Haydn, and its second theme is unmistakably derived from Beethoven's "Eroica" finale.
