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Beethoven - 10 Symphonies | Musical Concepts MC199

Beethoven - 10 Symphonies

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Label: Musical Concepts

Cat No: MC199

Barcode: 0851950001995

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 5

Release Date: 11th April 2011

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The Independent hailed Wyn Morris as "one of the finest conductors that Britain has produced". In the late 1980s, Morris broke with the trend toward "authentic" interpretation and recorded a traditionalist cycle of the Beethoven symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra that included Barry Cooper's realization of the composer's incomplete Tenth Symphony.

The performances, infused with energy and passion, eloquently convey the music's romantic heart and the portrait of a composer whose mature artistic vision was decades ahead of his time.

This is the first release of Beethoven's Ten Symphonies on five CDs.

Contents:
CD 1: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 “Eroica”
CD 2: Symphonies Nos 2 & 6 “Pastoral”
CD 3: Symphonies Nos 4 & 7
CD 4: Symphonies Nos 5, 8 & 10 (Reconstruction by Dr Barry Cooper)
CD 5: Symphony No.9 “Choral”

"Wyn Morris clearly belongs to the very small body of conductors whose work proves there's still plenty to be said about Beethoven with traditional forces. … Morris knows his Beethoven and conducts it (a bit like Burton speaking Shakespeare) with an ardour and a love of tonal splendour that is indeed close to that old and revered school of German Beethoven interpretation… The performance (of the Eroica) has energy and eloquence. … Wagner's description of the Seventh, 'the apotheosis of the dance', can rarely have sounded more appropriate. … [The Eighth is] full of delight." – Gramophone

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