“We had to forge a brand new style, based not on recent tradition, but on the traditions of composers during their lifetimes”, says conductor Roger Norrington, describing the approach behind these ground-breaking interpretations of Beethoven’s symphonies and piano concertos. “We based our recordings on everything we knew about early 19th-century performance, style and tradition, and on the information the composer left behind … It's another kind of avant-garde – the music you thought you knew.”

Contents:
CD 1 [74.34]
- Symphony No.1 in C major, Op.21
- Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op.55 “Eroica”
- The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture, Op.43

CD 2 [73.03]
- Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.36
- Symphony No.8 in F major, Op.93
- Coriolan, Overture, Op.62
- Egmont, Overture, Op.84

CD 3 [69.12]
- Symphony No.4 in B flat major, Op.60
- Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92

CD 4 [73.55]
- Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67
- Symphony No.6 in F major, Op.68 “Pastoral”

CD 5 [62.33]
- Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 “Choral”

CD 6 [78.34]
- Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, Op.19
- Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, Op.15
- Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op.73 “Emperor” (Beginning)

CD 7 [79.36]
- Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op.73 “Emperor” (Continued)
- Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37
- Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, Op.58