Antonello Manacorda: Beethoven – The Complete Symphonies (24/96 FLAC)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Maria Bengtsson, Corinna Scheurle, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Mauro Peter, Collegium Vocale 1704
Orchestra: Kammerakademie Potsdam
Conductor: Antonello Manacorda
Number of Discs: 5
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Sony
Catalogue: 19658849982
Release: 2024
Size: 5.92 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover

CD 01
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. Finale. 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

CD 02
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
01. I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio
02. II. Larghetto
03. III. Scherzo. Allegro
04. IV. Allegro molto

Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60
05. I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Allegro vivace
08. IV. Allegro ma non troppo

CD 03
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
01. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67/I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Andante con moto
03. III. Allegro
04. IV. Allegro. Presto

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”
05. I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo
06. II. Szene am Bach. Andante molto mosso
07. III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro
08. IV. Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro
09. V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto

CD 04
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
01. I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace
02. II. Allegretto
03. III. Presto
04. IV. Allegro con brio

Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
05. I. Allegro vivace e con brio
06. II. Allegretto scherzando
07. III. Tempo di Menuetto
08. IV. Allegro vivace

CD 05
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral”
01. I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
02. II. Molto vivace – Presto
03. III. Adagio molto e cantabile
04. IVa. Presto. Allegro assai
05. IVb. Presto. Recitativo: “O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!”

Sony Classical presents Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies in a special box set out on Sony Classical on May 3rd. The release coincides with the 200-year anniversary celebrations of the premiere performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in early May.

The first two installments in the ensemble’s Beethoven cycle recording have been released to great critical acclaim. Reviewing their first installment, German magazine STEREOPLAY spoke of an “incredible anticipatory pleasure and love of life,” GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE remarked “The orchestra’s rhythmic assurance is similarly impressive, and especially in the way they bring a sense of the dance to these scores,” while FONO FORUM singled out the performances’ “inner logic and power of conviction.” Reviewing the 2nd installment the WESTDEUTSCHE ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG wrote “Those listening to these new recordings will be richly rewarded.” The Kammerakademie Potsdam and its music director Antonello Manacorda have garnered multiple awards with their complete recordings of the symphonies of Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn, while their release of Mozart’s last three symphonies earned them the title of Orchestra of the Year at the 2022 OPUS Klassik Awards – Germany’s leading televised classical awards. Brandenburg’s first orchestral academy appears in Potsdam and throughout Brandenburg, performing concerts geared to all age-groups, while also undertaking Europe-wide tours.

As an Italian with a pronounced affinity for German music, Manacorda has appeared in many of the world’s leading opera houses from London and Munich to New York. Among the internationally renowned symphony orchestras with which he has worked are the Berliner Philharmoniker, where he returns in May, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic and the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra.