Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Beethoven – The Symphonies (24/192 FLAC)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Siobhan Stagg, Ekaterina Gubanova, Werner Güra, Florian Boesch
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue: 4863050
Release: 2022
Size: 11.3 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. Finale. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
05. I. Adagio molto – 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 funèbre. Adagio assai
11. III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
12. IV. Finale. Allegro molto

Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
13. I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Allegro 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. Scherzo. Allegro – Trio
20. IV. Allegro

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’
21. I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo
22. II. Szene am Bach. Andante molto mosso
23. III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro
24. IV. Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro
25. V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. 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, un poco maestoso
35. II. Molto vivace
36. III. Adagio molto e cantabile
37. IVa. Finale. Presto
38. IVb. Allegro assai
39. IVc. Presto – Recitativo “O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!”
40. IVd. Allegro assai vivace. Alla marcia “Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen”
41. IVe. Andante maestoso “Seid umschlungen, Millionen”
42. IVf. Allegro energico e sempre ben marcato “Freude, schöner Götterfunken”
43. IVg. Allegro ma non tanto “Freude, Tochter aus Elysium”
44. IVh. Poco Allegro – Prestissimo “Seid umschlungen, Millionen”

‘I am interested in how Beethoven’s music can surprise us today. Our interpretation should feel to the audience as if they are hearing this music for the first time. That is my goal’ – Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Originally planned for April 2020 in celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, this recording of Beethoven’s symphonies is the third composer-led collaboration between Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the COE having previously performed and recorded together complete Schumann and Mendelssohn cycles in 2014 and 2017 respectively. This Symphony Cycle was going to use the now complete performance material featuring the musical text of the “New Beethoven Complete Edition”. Especially in Symphony No. 9 one can literally hear and experience the difference, as Beethoven’s original and recently re-discovered double bassoon part is used for the very first time. The recording will also be the COE’s first complete Beethoven Cycle on record since the landmark recording with Nikolaus Harnoncourt in the 1990’s.