Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Laura Aikin, Ingeborg Danz, Maximilian Schmitt, Tareq Nazmi, WDR Rundfunkchor, NDR Chor
Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester
Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Profil
Release: 2019
Size: 3.34 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
01. I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio
02. II. Andante cantabile con moto
03. III. Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace
04. IV. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’
05. I. Allegro con brio
06. II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
07. III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
08. IV. Finale. Allegro molto
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
09. I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio
10. II. Larghetto
11. III. Scherzo. Allegro
12. IV. Allegro molto
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’
13. I. Awakening of Cheerful Feelings Upon Arrival in the Country. Allegro ma non troppo
14. II. Scene by the Brook. Andante molto mosso
15. III. Merry Gathering of Country Folk. Allegro
16. IV. Thunderstorm. Allegro
17. V. Shepherd’s Song. Happy and Thankful Feelings After the Storm. Allegretto
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
18. I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace
19. II. Allegretto
20. III. Presto
21. IV. Allegro con brio
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
22. I. Allegro vivace e con brio
23. II. Allegretto scherzando
24. III. Tempo di menuetto
25. IV. Allegro vivace
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ‘Choral’
26. I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
27. II. Molto vivace
28. III. Adagio molto e cantabile
29. IV. Finale. Presto – Allegro assai
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
30. I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
31. II. Adagio
32. III. Allegro vivace
33. IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
34. I. Allegro con brio
35. II. Andante con moto
36. III. Scherzo. Allegro
37. IV. Allegro
No composer’s reputation has been as inflated into myth as that of Ludwig van Beethoven, and there are good grounds for this. As the ultimate definer of classical music, he perfected the models of his predecessors Haydn and Mozart with a hitherto unknown intellectual and artistic consistency, with the consequence that he wrote fewer works than these two, but his were longer and weightier and crowned by the nine symphonies. At the same time, his intense musical language (often disturbing for his contemporaries) heralded the age of Romanticism. This release of his complete symphonies features the interpretation of the WDR Sinfonieorchester and conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste, who has established himself as one of the outstanding conductors of his generation, demonstrating remarkable musical depth and integrity. “Everything he tackles… is a success, regardless of whether it is Beethoven, Brahms, Schoenberg, or Stravinsky.”