Beethoven: Symphony No 8; Wellington\\'s Victory

Beethoven's symphonies: the rediscovered frontier

Advantages: A new way to hear Beethoven
Disadvantages: Surpassed by some later period cycles

, making it an unfortunately weak link in the set. The wonderful Allegretto is taken at a properly fast speed but there is a strangely thin string timbre apparent throughout the movement and the orchestra also has a number of impurities in their playing that is most distracting. A fair version, but not even close to being the best. Symphony No.8 in F major, Op.93 Coupled with the Second Symphony, you can't go wrong at having the Eighth follow right after. Beethoven considered the Eighth as one of his personal favourites and it is clear to see why. It is so filled with Beethovenian humor that it is just an incredible pleasure to listen to. With no slow movement present, it is a work that is consistently jolly as well as being Beethoven's shortest symphony (at least the shortest since the First). There is really very little that need be ...

berlioz 16.04.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Beethoven Symphonies 1-9 (London Classical Players) - Sir Roger Norrington

May I have this dance?

Advantages: One of Beethoven's finest symphonies.
Disadvantages: None from me, but some will say "classical music is boring".

commissioned to write an incidental piece for Johann Nepomuk Mälzel's invention the panharmonicon in celebration of the victory of the Duke of Wellington over the French army, called "Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria". These two works received their first performances in the same concert, organized by Mälzel in December 1813. The concert was a massive success with the Seventh Symphony and Welligton's Sieg both being received very favourably due to the patriotic feelings of the audience. Beethoven was the conductor at this occasion with Ignaz Schuppanzigh, Ludwig Spohr and Domenico Dragonetti in the orchestra. Kapellmeister Antonio Salieri along with Johann Nepomuk Hummel were responsible for firing the guns and cannons in Wellington's Sieg. Playing the bass-drum was the young Giacomo Meyerbeer who, according to Beethoven, was so ...

berlioz 13.08.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Beethoven: Symphony No 7

Choral Symphony

Advantages: Choral Symphony
Disadvantages: Nothing

On the first time, The Nineth Symphony of Beethoven is kwoning like "Choral Symphony" because in the foursth and the last movement it is singing by a Tenor, Baritone, Soprano and Messo Soprano Voices with a Choral Voices that they are singing in another way the "joy song". This symphony (the last one) of Beethoven was released the May 7th of 1821 when he was a deaf person, so he never could listen his composition years at 3 or 4 years after Beethoven died. So it was his last composition, been for me the best compousers. In the first movement of this Symphony "Allegro ma non troppo" begining with the introduction of wind instrument like oboe and the violas and violin continues the music and then continues with this music specially the wind instrument with a hard musical notes that it is characteristic of this 15 minutes music. In ...

daniel_guibu 11.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Beethoven: Symphony No 9; Coriolan Overture