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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

Pilar Lorengar (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Burrows (tenor) & Martti Talvela (bass)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Sir Georg Solti

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

Pilar Lorengar (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Burrows (tenor) & Martti Talvela (bass)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Sir Georg Solti

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This is Sir Georg Solti’s first complete Beethoven cycle and recorded between May 1972 and September 1974 in Chicago during his first years as Music Director there (an appointment he took up in 1969). The original LP release included a 50 minute discussion in which Solti discusses the symphonies with the celebrated writer and musicologist William Mann. It is now included here on CD for the first time and the set is reissued to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Solti’s death in 1997.

Contents and tracklist

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Work length25:59
1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
Track length8:46
2. Andante cantabile con moto
Track length7:52
3. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)
Track length3:41
4. Finale (Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace)
Track length5:40
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Work length36:54
1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
Track length13:05
2. Larghetto
Track length13:33
3. Scherzo (Allegro)
Track length3:41
4. Allegro molto
Track length6:35
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'
Work length55:18
1. Allegro con brio
Track length19:34
2. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)
Track length17:32
3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
Track length5:53
4. Finale (Allegro molto)
Track length12:19
Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Work length8:52
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Work length8:09
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Work length35:18
1. Adagio - Allegro vivace
Track length12:08
2. Adagio
Track length11:02
3. Allegro vivace
Track length5:24
4. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length6:44
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Work length36:31
1. Allegro con brio
Track length8:17
2. Andante con moto
Track length11:11
3. Allegro
Track length5:31
4. Allegro
Track length11:32
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'
Work length44:46
1. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande (Allegro ma non troppo)
Track length12:31
2. Szene am Bach: (Andante molto mosso)
Track length13:23
3. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Allegro)
Track length5:20
4. Gewitter, Sturm (Allegro)
Track length3:46
5. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm (Allegretto)
Track length9:46
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Work length13:58
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Work length42:11
1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
Track length14:42
2. Allegretto
Track length8:57
3. Presto - Assai meno presto
Track length9:28
4. Allegro con brio
Track length9:04
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Work length27:41
1. Allegro vivace e con brio
Track length10:10
2. Allegretto scherzando
Track length4:13
3. Tempo di menuetto
Track length5:35
4. Allegro vivace
Track length7:43
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Work length1:16:28
I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
Track length17:41
II. Scherzo. Molto vivace – Presto
Track length14:00
III. Adagio molto e cantabile
Track length19:49
IV. Finale. Presto
Track length24:58
Sir Georg Solti in Conversation with William Mann
Work length45:47
"How long had you been conducting Beethoven symphonies?"
Track length4:57
"Which of the great Beethoven conductors of your youth..."
Track length5:39
"Did you have to teach the Chicago Symphony..."
Track length9:19
"Now the Eroica"
Track length4:58
"I wanted to ask you a question..."
Track length5:07
"The Seventh symphony...are there special problems..."
Track length3:53
"Now the Eighth..."
Track length5:46
"The Ninth is obviously..."
Track length6:08

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