Symphony No. 2 (Albert)

However, the piece had to be completed posthumously by the composer Sebastian Currier after Albert died suddenly in a car crash on December 27, 1992.

He had to make plenty of decisions, the most important of them about the nature of the ending, which runs counter to Albert's normal practice of fading away.

The composer, notably close-lipped about his work while he was writing, happened to mention to his wife that the ending this time would be full.

Suddenly, the wisps of themes at the end of the manuscript transformed from their literal sense to a solid orchestral build.

Schwartz added, "The symphony runs tighter than its sibling, with an increase of power, as well as clearer, with a corresponding jump in tension.