Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Performer: Elisabeth Söderström, Regina Resnik, Jon Vickers, David Ward, London Bach Choir
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Pierre Monteux
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Eloquence
Catalogue: ELQ4808895
Release: 2015
Size: 2.15 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
01. 1. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio
02. 2. Andante cantabile con moto
03. 3. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)
04. 4. Finale (Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
05. 1. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio
06. 2. Larghetto
07. 3. Scherzo (Allegro)
08. 4. Allegro molto
09. Beethoven: Overture “Fidelio”, Op. 72c
10. Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84
11. Beethoven: König Stephan Overture, Op. 117
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’
12. 1. Allegro con brio
13. 2. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)
14. 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
15. 4. Finale (Allegro molto)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
16. 1. Allegro vivace e con brio
17. 2. Allegretto scherzando
18. 3. Tempo di menuetto
19. 4. Allegro vivace
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
20. 1. Adagio – Allegro vivace
21. 2. Adagio
22. 3. Allegro vivace
23. 4. Allegro ma non troppo
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
24. 1. Poco sostenuto – Vivace
25. 2. Allegretto
26. 3. Presto – Assai meno presto
27. 4. Allegro con brio
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
28. 1. Allegro con brio
29. 2. Andante con moto
30. 3. Allegro
31. 4. Allegro
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’
32. 1. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande: Allegro ma non troppo
33. 2. Szene am Bach: (Andante molto mosso)
34. 3. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Allegro)
35. 4. Gewitter, Sturm (Allegro)
36. 5. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm: Allegretto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ‘Choral’
37. 1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
38. 2. Molto vivace
39. 3. Adagio molto e cantabile
40. 4. Presto – Allegro assai
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Rehearsal Sketch
41. Rehearsal 1
42. Rehearsal 2
43. Rehearsal 3
44. Rouget de Lisle: La Marseillaise
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’
45. 1. Allegro con brio
46. 2. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)
47. 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
48. 4. Finale (Allegro molto)
Monteux’s Beethoven has been described as visionary. Respect for the spirit of the score, directness of expression, exceptionally well-drilled playing and a sense of untainted idealism that lay at the very heart of the composer’s vision – these are the qualities that typify Monteux’s interpretation of Beethoven. Eight of the symphonies were recorded for Decca; the Ninth for Westminster; and the third (Eroica) again, for Philips. Together with the rehearsal for the Ninth and an impromptu in-studio performance of La Marseillaise, they form the most complete collection of Monteux’s Beethoven recordings. Other conductors may have offered a more personalised take on the music, but none made it more universal or more human. The fascinating accompanying notes to the set are by Rob Cowan and the recordings have been remastered for this release.