This superb collection of the composer's finest overtures encompasses the overture to "The Devil in Hydraulicus" D4 (1811); Overture in D, D26 (1812); Overture in B-flat, D470 (1816); Overture in D, D566 (1817); Overture in C in the Italian Style, D591 (1817); Overture in D in the Italian Style, D592 (1817); and Overture in E minor, D648 (Op. 170) (1819). Unabridged republication of the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel editions.
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 in Full Score by Franz Schubert Written when the composer was only 16, Schubert's First Symphony abounds with the promise of a young genius. His Second Symphony, created the following year, embodies the great Viennese classical traditions.