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Beethoven - Symphonies 1 & 3 | Solo Musica WS013

Beethoven - Symphonies 1 & 3

£12.69

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Label: Solo Musica

Cat No: WS013

Barcode: 4260313960132

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 29th September 2017

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About

For the first time in their history, the Wiener Symphoniker will release a complete Beethoven symphonies cycle on CD.

This shortcoming is about to be remedied: starting in autumn 2017, the Wiener Symphoniker will release the full cycle on 5 CDs. With a new CD of the series to be released every 6 months, the full cycle will be completed just in time for the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven in 2020. The symphonies were recorded live during a critically acclaimed concert cycle in Spring/Summer 2017 in the Great Hall of the Musikverein Wien.

A key work for this approach constitutes, in conductor Philippe Jordan’s mind, the Third Symphony E flat major op.55 ‘Eroica’ – which will be included on the first CD of the series along side the First Symphony C Major op. 21. According to Jordan, both works are unified in their portrayal of Beethoven’s immense, innovative, revolutionary creative will.

Reviews

Jordan has dubbed the Eroica the first great ‘finale’ symphony; and so it is if, like him, you know where the great staging posts are movement by movement. The finale is certainly brilliantly done, even though, as in Paris, the first and second violins appear not to be antiphonally divided. Once again, the Funeral March is superbly presented: forward-moving in the French manner, with keenly felt climaxes. ... In sum, here are old skills married to new inspiration. At this late hour in the history of Beethoven on record, it would be unreasonable to ask for more.  Richard Osborne
Gramophone January 2018

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