Sax Octets

Schubert Symphony No 5 (1st mvt)

Franz Schubert, arr. Peter Guthrie

Composed:
1816 Arranged:
2005 Grouping:
sSAATTBb Duration:
08:20

Aged 19, Schubert was fixated on Mozart and his style. His 5th symphony has the smallest orchestration of any of his symphonies, and it is probably no coincidence that this instrumentation matches Mozart’s 40th.

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