Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 ''From the New World'', Schubert: Symphony No. 8 ''Unfinished'' / Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, Wiener Philharmoniker, Rafael Kubelik / Disky Communications Europe Audio CD 1999 / DCE 706372

UPC 0724357063722

The Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 (Czech: Symfonie č. 9 e moll "Z nového světa"), popularly known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 while he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America from 1892 to 1895. It premiered in New York City on 16 December 1893. It is one of the most popular of all symphonies. In older literature and recordings, this symphony was – as for its first publication – numbered as Symphony No. 5. Astronaut Neil Armstrong took a tape recording of the New World Symphony along during the Apollo 11 mission, the first Moon landing, in 1969. The symphony was completed in the building that now houses the Bily Clocks Museum in Spillville, Iowa.

Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 (sometimes renumbered as Symphony No. 7, in accordance with the revised Deutsch catalogue and the Neue Schubert-Ausgabe), commonly known as the Unfinished Symphony (German: Unvollendete), is a musical composition that Schubert started in 1822 but left with only two movements—though he lived for another six years. A scherzo, nearly completed in piano score but with only two pages orchestrated, also survives.

Tracklist:

Antonin Dvorak

Symphony No. 9 in E minor

Op. 95 ''From The New World''

1.  I:  Adagio - Allegro molto   9:16

2.  II: Largo    12:33

3.  III: Scherzo (Molto vivace)   7:50

4.  IV: Allegro con fuocco   11:16

Franz Schubert

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 ''Unfinished''

5.  I:  Allegro moderato   15:00

6.  II: Andante con moto   12:18

• Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker
• Conducted by - Carlo Maria Giulini, Rafael Kubelik