Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Helena Doese, Marga Schiml, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam, Leipzig Radio Choir, Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden
Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Berlin Classics
Catalogue: 885470015460
Release: 2021
Size: 5.51 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
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
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. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
13. I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Allegro molto e vivace
16. IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
17. I. Allegro con brio
18. II. Andante con moto
19. III. Allegro
20. IV. Allegro
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’
21. I. Awakening of Cheerful Feelings Upon Arrival in the Country: Allegro ma non troppo
22. II. Scene by the Brook: Andante molto mosso
23. III. Merry Gathering of Country Folk: Allegro
24. IV. Thunderstorm: Allegro
25. V. Shepherd’s Song. Happy and Thankful Feelings after the Storm: Allegretto
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
26. I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace
27. II. Allegretto
28. III. Presto, assai meno presto
29. IV. Allegro con brio
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
30. I. Allegro vivace e con brio
31. II. Allegretto scherzando
32. III. Tempo di menuetto
33. IV. Allegro vivace
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ‘Choral’
34. I. Allegro ma non troppo e un poco maestoso
35. II. Molto vivace
36. III. Adagio molto e cantabile
37. IV. Presto
It is surely proof a great dedication that an American-born Swedish conductor would, in the mid-1970s, go behind the Iron Curtain in order to take up a post as principal conductor of an orchestra. Both the conductor and orchestra have fond memories of Herbert Blomstedt’s Dresden years, from 1975 to 1985. The recordings of all of Beethoven’s symphonies conducted by Blomstedt are proof of an intensive and artistically outstanding collaboration.