Thomas Adès: Beethoven – Complete Symphonies; Barry (24/96 FLAC)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Gerald Anthony Barry
Performer: Mark Stone, Nicolas Hodges, Lawrence Power, Joshua Bloom, Jennifer France, Christianne Stotijn, Ed Lyon, Matthew Rose, Royal Holloway Choir, Britten Sinfonia Voices
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia
Conductor: Thomas Adès
Number of Discs: 3
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Catalogue: SIGCD687
Release: 2022
Size: 7.39 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD 01
Beethoven: 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 – Trio
04. IV. Finale. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
05. I. Adagio molto – Allegro con bio
06. II. Larghetto
07. III. Scherzo. Allegro vivo
08. IV. Allegro molto

09. Barry: Beethoven

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
10. I. Allegro con brio
11. II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
12. III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio
13. IV. Finale. Allegro molto

14. Barry: Piano Concerto

CD 02
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat Major, Op. 60
01. I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Allegro vivace
04. IV. Allegro ma non troppo

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
05. I. Allegro con brio
06. II. Andante con moto
07. III. Scherzo
08. IV. Allegro

09. Barry: Viola Concerto

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’
10. I. Allegro ma non troppo
11. II. Andante molto moto
12. III. Allegro
13. IV. Allegro
14. V. Allegretto

15. Barry: The Conquest of Ireland

CD 03
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
01. I. Vivace
02. II. Allegretto
03. III. Presto meno assai
04. IV. Allegro con brio

Beethoven: 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

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 ‘Choral’
09. I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
10. II. Allegro vivace
11. III. Adagio molto e cantabile
12. IV. Allegro assai

The performances are dynamic, the juxtapositions of works illuminating in a sidelong way: this is the kind of rewarding work this ensemble’s East Anglian and London audiences have come to expect.