Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - 9 Symphonien (1994)
Cover Front Album
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra / Ensemble I Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Length 329:31
Format CD
Genre Orchestral; Symphony
Chorus I The Monteverdi Choir
Index 68
Out of Print No
Musicians
Soloist Orgonasova; von Otter; Rolfe Johnson; Cachemaille
Credits
Producer Charlotte Kriesch
Label Archiv
Track List
57:31
01 Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio 08:22
02 Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: II. Andante cantibile con moto 06:33
03 Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: III. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace 04:05
04 Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: IV. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace 05:31
05 Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio 12:08
06 Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: II. Larghetto 10:19
07 Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: III. Allegro 04:25
08 Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: IV. Allegro molto 06:08
76:39
01 Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio 15:36
02 Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai 12:41
03 Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 05:32
04 Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": IV. Finale: Allegro molto 10:49
05 Symphony No. 4 in B Flat Major, Op. 60: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace 10:56
06 Symphony No. 4 in B Flat Major, Op. 60: II. Adagio 09:24
07 Symphony No. 4 in B Flat Major, Op. 60: III. Allegro vivace 05:17
08 Symphony No. 4 in B Flat Major, Op. 60: IV. Allegro ma non troppo 06:24
72:50
01 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio 06:30
02 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante con moto 08:15
03 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: III. Allegro 07:12
04 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegro 09:57
05 Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo "Awakening of cheerful feelings upon arriving in the country" 11:13
06 Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": II. Adante molto mosso "Scene by the Brook" 12:00
07 Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": III. Allegro "Merry Gathering of Country Folk" 04:48
08 Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": IV. Allegro "Thunderstorm" 03:39
09 Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": V. Allegretto "Shepherd's Song: Happy and Thankful Feelings after the Storm" 09:16
62:49
01 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace 13:09
02 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto 07:45
03 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: III. Presto 08:30
04 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio 09:13
05 Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con brio 08:41
06 Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: II. Allegretto scherzando 03:46
07 Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: III. Tempo di Menuetto 05:28
08 Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: IV. Allegro vivace 06:17
59:42
01 Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso 13:05
02 Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: II. Molto vivace 13:07
03 Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: III. Adagio molto e cantabile 12:06
04 Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: IV. Presto - 05:30
05 Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: IV. Presto - "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" - Allegro assai 15:54
Personal
Purchase Date 8/10/1999
Value $92.50
Store BMG
Condition 90%
Librettist Friedrich von Schiller
Nationality German
Language German
Period Classical
Details
Studio All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
Catalog Number 439 900-2
Live Yes
Recording Date 3/1/1993
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Luba Orgonasova: Soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter: Mezzo-Sopprano
Anthony Rolfe Johnson: Tenor
Gilles Cachemaille: Bass

On Authentic Instruments

Notes, text and translation
Illustrations

Essay: "In the Spitit of Rediscovery" by Peter Czornyj
Essay: "Ludwig van Beethoven: The Nine Symohonies" by Nicholas Marston
Essay: "A Note on the Textual Sources Used in These Recordings" by Jonathan Del Mar
Essay: "Symphony No. 5" by Clive Brown