Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Křenek: Static and Ecstatic Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "The Great":
• 1 Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "The Great": I. Andante - Allegro ma non troppo 16:18
• 2 Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "The Great": II. Andante con moto 13:59
• 3 Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "The Great": III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio 14:42
• 4 Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "The Great": IV. Finale. Allegro vivace 12:32
• Ernst Krenek (1900 - 1991): Static and Ecstatic, Op. 214:
• 5 Static and Ecstatic, Op. 214: I. 01:02
• 6 Static and Ecstatic, Op. 214: II. 01:12
• 7 Static and Ecstatic, Op. 214: III. 01:57
• 8 Static and Ecstatic, Op. 214: IV. 02:47
• 9 Static and Ecstatic, Op. 214: V. 02:02
• 10 Static and Ecstatic, Op. 214: VI. 01:53
• 11 Static and Ecstatic, Op. 214: VII. 02:18
• 12 Static and Ecstatic, Op. 214: VIII. 01:56
• 13 Static and Ecstatic, Op. 214: IX. 01:18
• 14 Static and Ecstatic, Op. 214: X. 03:00
• Total Runtime 01:16:56

Info for Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Křenek: Static and Ecstatic

The new album features Schubert’s greatest symphonic masterpiece, his “Great” C-major Symphony (D.944) paired with a uniquely modern work by 20th-century composer Ernst Křenek, Static and Ecstatic. Both pieces were recorded live at Severance Hall with Music Director Franz Welser-Möst in March 2020, and mark The Cleveland Orchestra’s final performances prior to performing arts groups being shuttered around the world due to the coronavirus.

“This recording — pairing a symphony by Schubert with a modern piece by Ernst Křenek — came together quite unexpectedly, from two separate projects,” says Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra. “In the midst of changing circumstances, as the world itself was revolving in one direction and slowing down in so many other ways, these two pieces suddenly became an unlikely but obvious twosome.”

Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

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