[ Telarc Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 14 July 2005
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Excerpts from Beethoven's best known works performed by several of the world's finest recording artists make this a superb compilation release. Critics have raved about this recording, calling the symphonic portions, "impressive throughout for its orchestral splendor and rhythmic vitality" -Deseret News. The piano playing of John O'Conor was referred to by the San Francisco Chronicle as "Poetry, majesty, mystery and nobility (that) are all served in equal measure."
1. Egmont Overture
2. Symphony No. 5, Allegro con brio
3. Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight," Adagio sostenuto
4. Symphony No. 5, Allegro
5. Hallelujah from Christ on the Mount of Olives
6. Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale," Cheerful gathering of country folk - Allegro
7. Piano sonata No. 1, Prestissimo
8. Symphony No. 9 Choral, Presto