Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Symphonies (5CD DELUXE)

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827

Complete Symphonies

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                72’55

Symphony No.1 in C Op.21

1. I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio 9’05
2. II. Andante cantabile con moto 6’51
3. III. Menuetto – Trio (Allegro molto e vivace) 3’34
4. IV. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace 5’52

Symphony No.3 in E fl at Op.55 “Eroica”

5. I. Allegro con brio 16’22
6. II. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai) 14’03
7. III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) 5’54
8. IV. Allegro molto 11’09

Royal Flemish Philharmonic

Philippe Herreweghe conductor

Recording: June 2007, Concertgebouw, Brugge, Belgium

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                72’59

Symphony No.2 in D Op.36

1. I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio 11’49
2. II. Larghetto 9’50
3. III. Scherzo (Allegro) 3’42
4. IV. Allegro molto 6’27

Symphony No.6 in F Op.68 “Pastoral”

5. I. Allegro, ma non troppo (Erwachen heiterer Empfi ndungen bei der Ankun_ auf dem Lande) 10’39
6. II. Andante molto mosso (Szene am Bach) 12’29
7. III. Allegro (Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute) 4’58
8. IV. Allegro (Gewitter, Sturm) 3’45
9. V. Allegretto (Hirtengesang: frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm) 9’12

Royal Flemish Philharmonic

Philippe Herreweghe conductor

Recording: February 2009, deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                75’42

Symphony No.4 in B flat Op.60

1. I. Adagio - Allegro vivace 11’26
2. II. Adagio 9’22
3. III. Allegro vivace 5’44
4. IV. Allegro ma non troppo 6’45

Symphony No.7 in A Op.92

5. I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace 14’11
6. II. Allegretto 8’48
7. III. Presto 9’38
8. IV. Allegro con brio 9’32

Royal Flemish Philharmonic

Philippe Herreweghe conductor

Recording: November 2004, De Roma, Antwerp, Belgium

CD4                                                                                                                                                                                54’16

Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67

1. I. Allegro con brio 6’49
2. II. Andante con moto 8’29
3. III. Allegro 4’35
4. IV. Allegro 10’32

Symphony No.8 in F Op.93

5. I. Allegro vivace e con brio 8’34
6. II. Allegretto scherzando 3’48
7. III. Tempo di menuetto 4’23
8. IV. Allegro vivace 7’00

Royal Flemish Philharmonic

Philippe Herreweghe conductor

Recording: June 2007, Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

CD5                                                                                                                                                                                60’59

Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125 “Choral”

1. I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso 14’05
2. II. Molto vivace 13’18
3. III. Adagio molto e cantabile 11’54
4. IV. Finale 21’38

Christiane Oelze soprano

Ingeborg Danz mezzo-soprano

Christoph Strehl tenor

David Wilson-Johnson bass

Collegium Vocale Gent & Accademia Chigiana Siena

Royal Flemish Philharmonic

Philippe Herreweghe conductor