Philharmonic at home I
FRANZ SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485, JÓN LEIFS Pastoral variations, Op. 8, on a theme by Ludwig van Beethoven, LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Brno Philharmonic, conductor Alexander Liebreich
• Mozartian in spirit, yet also very distinctive and youthfully exuberant symphonies by leading figures of Viennese classicism, Schubert and Beethoven • The founder of Iceland’s national music and his early orchestral variations with Nordic colour, written in 1930 on a theme from the second movement of Beethoven’s Serenade in D major for string trio, Op. 8
