Claudio Abbado: Beethoven – The Symphonies (FLAC)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Karita Mattila, Violeta Urmana, Thomas Moser, Thomas Quasthoff, Eric-Ericson Chamber Choir
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Number of Discs: 5
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue: 4775864
Release: 2008
Size: 1.4 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. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Andante con moto
03. III. Scherzo. Allegro
04. IV. Finale. Allegro

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 – Assai meno 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. Scherzo. Molto vivace – Presto
03. III. Adagio molto e cantabile
04. IVa.-b. Presto – Allegro assai
05. IVc.-j. Presto. O Freunde nicht diese Töne – Prestissimo

This Capbox set updates the box set 4690002, which contains the cycle recorded in Berlin in 2000. This new set contains recordings of Symphonies 1 – 8 made in Rome in February 2001. No. 9 is a recording from Berlin made in May 2000 (the same recording that appeared in the “old” set). While retaining aspects of the look of the previous set, the new set has been completely redesigned in capbox format. It includes a new booklet article by Italian journalist Angelo Foletto, who interviewed Abbado about the reasons for releasing the new set of recordings.