The Very Best Of Beethoven

 
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
The Very Best Of Beethoven
London Classical Player, Roger Norrington / François-René Duchâble / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste / Dmitry Sitkovetsky / etc

[ Virgin / Warner Classics / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Sunday 25 August 2019

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"This reissue is greatly to be welcomed as it usefully collects together some very thought-provoking performances at an affordable price and in good, clear recorded sound." (MusicWeb)

Tracks:

CD1
Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67: I. Allegro con brio
London Classical Players · Roger Norrington

Für Elise, bagatelle in A minor WoO59
François-René Duchâble piano

Symphony No.3 'Eroica' in E flat major Op.55: III. Funeral March (excerpt)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra · Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Piano Sonata No.14 'Moonlight' in C sharp minor Op.27 No.2: I. Adagio sostenuto
François-René Duchâble piano

Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125: IV. Finale: Ode to joy
James Morris bass / Wesminster Choir · Philadelphia Orchestra · Riccardo Muti

Symphonie No.7 in A major Op.92
II. Allegretto (excerpt)
IV. Allegro con brio
London Classical Players · Roger Norrington

Violin Concerto in D major Op.61: III. Rondo: allegro
Dmitry Sitkovetsky violin / Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields · Neville Marriner

Piano Sonata No.21 'Waldstein' in C major Op.53: I. Allegro con brio (excerpt)
Mikhail Pletnev piano

Turkish March (from Die Ruinen von Athen)
Orchestre de Liège · Paul Strauss

Piano Concerto No.5 'Emperor' in E flat major Op.73: I. Allegro (excerpt)
Bruno Leonardo Gelber piano / New Philharmonia Orchestra · Ferdinand Leitner

Romance for violin & orchestra No.1 in G major Op.40
Dmitry Sitkovetsky violin / Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields · Neville Marriner

Septet for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello & double-bass in B flat major Op.20: III. Tempo di minuetto
The Nash Ensemble of London

CD2
Coriolan, overture
Die Deutschen Kammerphilharmonie Bremen · Daniel Harding

Choral Fantasy Op.80: Finale: Allegro ma non troppo · Presto
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano / Arnold Schönberg Choir · Chamber Orchestra of Europe · Nikolaus Harnoncourt

String Quartet No. 8 in E minor 'Razumovsky' Op. 59 No. 2: III. Allegretto
Artemis Quartet

Fidelio: Chorus of the prisoners: 'O welche Lust'
Thomas Ebenstein tenor · Ion Tibrea bass / Arnold Schönberg Choir · Berliner Philharmoniker · Sir Simon Rattle

Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37
III. Allegro con brio (cadenza: Beethoven)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano / Chamber Orchestra of Europe · Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Variations on 'Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen' from Die Zauberflöte, WoO 46
Gautier Capuçon cello · Frank Braley piano

Piano Sonata No.8 'Pathétique' in C minor Op.13: II. Adagio cantabile
François-René Duchâble piano

Violin Sonata No.9 'Kreutzer' in A minor Op.47: III. Finale · Presto
Maxim Vengerov violin · Alexander Markovich piano

Trio for Piano, Violin & Cello 'Archduke' in B flat major Op.97: I. Allegro moderato
Haydn Trio Wien

Missa solemnis Op.123: Agnus Dei
Carol Vaness soprano · Waltraud Meier contralto / Hans-Peter Blochwitz tenor · Hans Tschammer bass
Tallis Chamber Choir · English Chamber Orchestra · Jeffrey Tate