Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Höngen, Hans Hopf, Otto Edelmann
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchester der Festspiele Bayreuth
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 9029597509
Release: 2016
Size: 1.06 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
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. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
05. I. Adagio – Allegro con brio
06. II. Larghetto
07. III. Scherzo (Allegro)
08. IV. Allegro molto
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’
09. I. Allegro con brio
10. II. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)
11. III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
12. IV. Allegro molto – Poco andante – Presto
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
13. I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Allegro vivace – Trio (Un poco meno allegro)
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 – Presto
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’
21. I. Allegro ma non troppo (Awakening of cheerful feelings on arriving in the country)
22. II. Andante molto moto (Scene by the brook)
23. III. Allegro (Merry gathering of the country folk)
24. IV. Allegro (Storm and tempest)
25. V. Allegretto (Shepherds’ Song. Happy and thankful feelings after the storm)
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, un poco maestoso
35. II. Molto vivace – Presto – Molto vivace – Presto
36. III. Adagio molto e cantabile – Andante moderato
37. IV. Presto – Allegro assai – (Ode to Joy)
Beethoven was Wilhelm Furtwängler’s guiding musical force. In his interpretations of the symphonies, the conductor generates irresistible dramatic momentum – and a constant sense of imaginative freshness – through the interrelationship of form, harmony, texture, rhythm and tempo. These recordings, all made in the late 1940s and early 1950s, in the Musikverein in Vienna and at concerts in London, Bayreuth and Stockholm, were newly remastered in 2010, bringing their sound more alive than ever before.