Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Gwyneth Jones, Tatiana Troyanos, Jess Thomas, Karl Ridderbusch, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker, Dresden Staatskapelle
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Number of Discs: 6
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue: 4791949
Release: 2013
Size: 1.98 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
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)
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
CD 02
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’
01. 1. Allegro con brio
02. 2. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)
03. 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
04. 4. Finale (Allegro molto)
05. Egmont Overture, Op. 84
06. Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
07. The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43
CD 03
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
01. 1. Adagio – Allegro Vivace
02. 2. Adagio
03. 3. Allegro vivace
04. 4. Allegro ma non troppo
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
05. 1. Allegro con brio
06. 2. Andante con moto
07. 3. Allegro
08. 4. Allegro
CD 04
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’
01. I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo
02. II. Szene am Bach. Andante molto mosso
03. III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro
04. IV. Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro
05. V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto
06. Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
07. Fidelio Overture Op. 72c
CD 05
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
01. 1. Poco sostenuto – Vivace
02. 2. Allegretto
03. 3. Presto – Assai meno presto
04. 4. Allegro con brio
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
05. 1. Allegro vivace e con brio
06. 2. Allegretto scherzando
07. 3. Tempo di menuetto
08. 4. Allegro vivace
CD 06
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ‘Choral’
01. 1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
02. 2. Molto vivace
03. 3. Adagio molto e cantabile
04. 4. Presto – Allegro assai
05. 4. Presto – “O Freunde nicht diese Töne”
These famous recordings of the symphonies and overtures with his beloved Vienna Philharmonic display legendary Austrian conductor Karl Böhm’s innate sympathy for Beethoven’s music. Böhm’s Beethoven is a compound of earth and fire … His 1971 VPO recording of [the] Sixth dominated the LP catalogue for over a decade … and it remains one of the finest accounts of the work.