Disc 1 Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio Andante Cantabile Con Moto Menuetto. Allegro Molto ... more
E Vivace Adagio - Allegro Molto E Vivace Allegro Con Brio Marcia Funebre. Adagio Assai Scherzo. Allegro Vivace Finale. Allegro Molto Disc 2 Adagio - Allegro Con B...
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner's period-instrument orchestra is well named, for in some of the ... more
most recorded repertoire of all time he revolutionises our conception of how these titanic works should sound. Of course it has to be said that Gardiner is not the first to bring period instrument practice to Beethoven: Roy Goodman with the Hanover Band and Roger Norrington with the London Classical Players, to name but two, had already trodden similar ground. Yet Gardiner's exhilarating accounts emerge as the finest. To begin with, he has the immaculate ORER at his disposal, who consistently produce flawless and enticing playing in all departments. Then, he elects fastidiously to follow Beethoven's invariably speedy metronome markings and exposition repeats to the letter. The results are never less than intriguing and, more often than not, compelling, especially as Gardiner also seems to have each movement of each symphony sharply mapped out in terms of timbre, dynamic and direction in relation to the whole. In their own ways all nine Symphonies can be heartily recommended, with a blazing and bold Eroica, an exquisitely shaded Pastoral, a majestic Seventh and an expansive yet dramatic Choral especially fine. But, in Gardiner's hands, even a work like the classical Second emerges as fresh and innovative. This lavish set, immaculately recorded, can unquestionably hold its own with the best--period instrument or otherwise. --Duncan Hadfield
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first domestic appearance on compact disc for the eighth and ninth symphonies in Rafael Kubelik's globe-trotting Beethoven cycle from the mid-1970s (nine symphonies, nine different orchestras). Eagle-eyed collectors will have doubtless already snapped up the glowing Vienna PO seventh when it resurfaced a few years ago on the super-budget Belart label coupled with Kubelik's imposing Boston SO account of the fifth. Here it precedes an admirably lithe, yet beamingly affectionate reading of the eighth with the Cleveland Orchestra--a performance whose unforced musicality and twinkling wit will have you grinning with pleasure from first measure to last. Better still is the "Choral", recorded on Kubelik's home patch with his exemplary Bavarian Radio forces in the sublime acoustic of Munich's Herkulessaal. This is, not to beat about the bush, a truly great ninth, evincing a profound humanity, authority and wisdom distilled from a lifetime's experience on the podium. After a marvellously unforced, cogent account of the first movement, Kubelik brings a distinctive, delectably rustic spring to the scherzo. The heavenly slow movement is a miracle of flowing grace and tender intimacy, while the finale welds all the necessary lump-in-the-throat universality to a joyous sense of occasion. Vivid with beautifully balanced sound throughout (with Kubelik's antiphonally divided fiddles always exceptionally well captured), this is a most desirable Beethoven twofer.--Andrew Achenbach
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Advantages: A new way to hear Beethoven Disadvantages: Surpassed by some later period cycles
INTRODUCTION
Beethoven's nine symphonies cover one of the major cornerstones of symphonic literature along with the likes of Haydn, Brahms and Sibelius. Beethoven was born in turbulent times when the common people's dissatisfaction toward the ruling monarchs in Europe was reaching new heights which finally culminated in the French Revolution in 1789. Against this came Beethoven, who was born into a family of musicians in Bonn in 1770. His father wanted to coin in on the child prodigy market created by Mozart whose father had exploited his genius in a similar way. But Beethoven was no Mozart. He wasn't born a child progidy and his performing skills were nowhere near as natural as they were with Mozart. Still he made rapid progress as a piano virtuoso and an amateur composer. He was even supposed to take some lessons with Mozart in Wien ...
Advantages: Outstanding music on period instruments Disadvantages: Swaping C.D'S in music player.
The 9symphonies by Ludwig Van Beethoven. (1770 - 1827)
Performed by The London Classical Players.
Conducted by Sir Roger Norrington.
With the Schutz choir of London.
Not everybody likes classical music. Even those who do, do not all like the same things.
This boxed set of CD's if different from previous recordings.
Firstly, it is played on period instruments. This is not to everybody?s taste.
These instruments are not like today?s instruments. For instance, the violin has a cleaner but more plaintive tone. The woodwinds
each has a colour and clarity of tone that blends to a harmonious whole. The timpani, those smaller drums, are hit with hard sticks more reminiscent of military drum sounds. The horn section has a different feel to it.
Considering the lapse of some 184 years, it would be strange if the sounds ...
Advantages: The music, the chorus, the memorable melody Disadvantages: None
Probably the best symphony in the world (the Carlsberg of symphonies). I can?t imagine how a piece of music of this stature could have been composed by someone who was completely deaf. Genius knows no bounds.
The Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in the German City of Bonn and baptised on the 17th December 1770. Amongst his many works, Beethoven composed nine complete symphonies and what is thought to be a tenth which is incomplete.
In 1817 Beethoven accepted an invitation from the Philharmonic Society of London to write two symphonies. He never actually completed these commissions however he was inspired to write the ninth symphony which he completed in1824. In May of the same year the symphony was débuted in Vienna. Beethoven was present at this performance but by this time he was completely deaf. He was seated ...
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Singverein Choir
Date of Release
10/1999
Recomended Retail Price
31.99 GBP
Label / Distributor
Deutsche Grammophon / Universal Manufacturing and Logistics
Pieces in Set
5
Running Time
6 hours 54 minutes
Genre(s)
Orchestral
SPAR Code
ADD
EAN
28946308820
Catalogue Number
463
Work 1
Work Title
Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21
Excerpt(s)
1. Adagio molto_Allegro con brio 2. Andante cantabile con moto 3. Menuetto 4. Adagio_Allegro molto e vivace
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1800
Date Recorded
1961
Conductor
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 2
Work Title
Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36
Excerpt(s)
1. Adagio molto_Allegro con brio 2. Larghetto 3. Scherzo (allegro) 4. Allegro molto
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1801-2
Date Recorded
1961/62
Conductor
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 3
Work Title
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica' in E flat, Op. 55
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegro con brio 2. Marcia funebre 3. Scherzo 4. Allegro molto
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1803
Date Recorded
1962
Conductor
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 4
Work Title
Symphony No. 4 in B flat, Op. 60
Excerpt(s)
1. Adagio_Allegro vivace 2. Adagio 3. Allegro vivace 4. Allegro ma non troppo
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1806
Date Recorded
1962
Conductor
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 5
Work Title
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegro con brio 2. Andante con moto 4. Allegro
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1807
Date Recorded
1962
Conductor
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 6
Work Title
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral' in F, Op. 68
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegro ma non troppo (Awakening of cheerful feelings...in the country) 2. Andante molto mosso (By the brook) 3. Allegro (Merry gathering of country folk) 4. Allegro (Thunderstorm) 5. Allegretto (Shepherds' Song. Happy & thankful feelings after the Storm)
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1808
Date Recorded
1962
Conductor
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 7
Work Title
Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
Excerpt(s)
1. Poco sostenuto_Vivace 2. Allegretto 3. Presto 4. Allegro con brio
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1812
Date Recorded
1962
Conductor
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 8
Work Title
Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegro vivace e con brio 2. Allegretto scherzando 3. Tempo di menuetto 4. Allegro vivace
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1812
Date Recorded
1962
Conductor
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 9
Work Title
Symphony No. 9, 'Choral' in D minor, Op. 125
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso 2. Molto vivace 3. Adagio e cantabile_Andante moderato 4. Presto_Allegro assai 5. Ode to Joy; Joyful Joyful (Gospel arr of main melody)
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