Since you are interested in Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
SCHUBERT
Lieder (Incls An Sylvia & Die Liebe hat gelogen) (Rec 1972/75) Elly Ameling (soprano) Dalton Baldwin (piano) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 18/Aug/2006 ] "Amelings interpretations surpass superlatives….This is Ameling in 1972 and 1975 at her absolute peak….In the Philips stereo releases Ameling sings equally good, but only in the PentaTone edition you can hear what producers Wilhelm Hellweg and... |
BELLINI / MOLIQUE / MOSCHELES / RIETZ / VIVALDI
Oboe Concertos Heinz Holliger (oboe) Aurele Nicolet (flute) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra / Eliahu Nicolet [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "..the Philips engineers had perfected their micing to achieve the utmost realism and naturalness in discrete four-channel recording." --John Sunier, audiophile auditio |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat Symphony of a Thousand Ileana Cotrubas, Heather Harper, Hermann Prey, Hans Sotin / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 18/Aug/2006 ] "Quadrahonically taped by Philips, this mahler 8 is stunning in this multichannel SACD remastering. The acoustic is wonderfully capacious, the performance one of huge integrity. A wonderful experience" Five Stars * * * * * BBC Music Mag (August 2006) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48 / Francesca da Rimini London Symphony Orchestra / Leopold Stokowski [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Stokowski often was ahead of everyone else in sound reproduction--and here again is exciting proof, discovered 30 years later." - Chicago Tribune |
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5 in B flat / Ode to the End of the War, Op. 105 Russian National Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] He died on the same day as Stalin. Not only did March 5, 1953 see the ending of the life of the Soviet dictator who despised mankind, but also of the life journey of Sergei Prokofiev, which had travelled its winding path for more than 60 years and... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante / Symphony No 100 in G Military Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Gordan Nikolic [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] "An enterprising Haydn programme from Gordan Nicolic, until recently the leader of the London Symphony Orchestra. He directs strong and vital performances, aided by recorded sound that allows the music's dynamic range to make a powerful impact" Musicweb |
FRANZ SCHMIDT
Symphony No. 4 in C / Orchestral Music from Notre Dame Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam / Conducted by Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 6/Jul/2005 ] "And on top there is the superior SA-CD quality. In particular for such heavily orchestrated works this recording and reproduction technology is a blessing." ---Paul Janssen, Luister (June 2003) |
MAHLER
Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Conducted by Hartmut Haenchen [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] Hybrid/SACD = playable on all Compact Disc players |