{"product_id":"beethoven-the-symphonies","title":"BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES - ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (6 CDS)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/official_about_this_recording_sept_2022.png?v=1663272165\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo much is certain: there is no avoiding Beethoven.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is especially true of the symphonies by the towering genius, works that have a unique place among the great masterworks of musical history. Beethoven set such enormously high standards in symphonic writing that many composers who followed him almost froze in awe. So it was with Johannes Brahms, who felt himself almost paralysed by Beethoven. “I shall never write a symphony! You have no idea how it feels to have such a giant always on your heels”, wrote the forty-year-old, to his friend Hermann Levi three years before he mustered enough courage to present the\u003cbr\u003efirst symphony. The complete Beethoven symphonies are here recorded by a truly “royal” orchestra; the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the world’s most prestigious bodies of musicians. Through its concert series, tours, and recordings it confirms again and again the high quality its music-making has shown since its foundation by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1946. In 1993 the RPO began to record important works of classical music for their unique “Royal Philharmonic Collection”. It was in this connection that the present recording was made in 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe conductors who took part are also by no means unimpressive. Among them are Barry Wordsworth, for many years conductor-in-chief of the BBC Concert Orchestra, and James Lockhart who in 1960s was musical director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The internationally successful Günther Herbig, a Karajan pupil, is also here along with the much acclaimed Claire Gibault, one of the few women to have made a  reputation for themselves as conductor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_transparent_blue_background_correct_version_82944c51-2a60-4ef7-893d-e69ea2773e39.png?v=1658409003\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD 1\u003cbr\u003eSymphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21 \u003cbr\u003e1 I. Adagio molto. Allegro con brio \u003cbr\u003e2 II. Andante cantabile con moto \u003cbr\u003e3 III. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace \u003cbr\u003e4 IV. Adagio. Allegro molto e vivace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBARRY WORDSWORTH, CONDUCTOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSymphony No. 2 in D major, op. 36 \u003cbr\u003e1 I. Adagio molto. Allegro con brio \u003cbr\u003e2 II. Larghetto \u003cbr\u003e3 III. Scherzo: Allegro \u003cbr\u003e4 IV. Allegro molto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJAMES LOCKHART, CONDUCTOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD 2\u003cbr\u003eSymphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 “Eroica” \u003cbr\u003e1 I. Allegro con brio \u003cbr\u003e2 II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai \u003cbr\u003e3 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace \u003cbr\u003e4 IV. Finale: Allegro molto. Poco andante. Presto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGUENTHER HERBIG, CONDUCTOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD 3\u003cbr\u003eSymphony No. 4 in B flat major, op. 60 \u003cbr\u003e1 I. Adagio. Allegro vivace \u003cbr\u003e2 II. Adagio \u003cbr\u003e3 III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace \u003cbr\u003e4 IV. Allegro ma non troppo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBARRY WORDSWORTH, CONDUCTOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSymphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67 \u003cbr\u003e1 I. Allegro con brio \u003cbr\u003e2 II. Andante con moto \u003cbr\u003e3 III. Allegro \u003cbr\u003e4 IV. Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCLAIRE GIBAULT, CONDUCTOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD 4\u003cbr\u003eSymphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral” \u003cbr\u003e1 I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande Allegro ma non troppo \u003cbr\u003e2 II. Szene am Bach Andante molto mosso \u003cbr\u003e3 III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute Allegro \u003cbr\u003e4 IV. Gewitter, Sturm Allegro \u003cbr\u003e5 V. Hirtengesang: Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm Allegretto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEgmont, op. 84 \u003cbr\u003e1 Overture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMARK ERMLER, CONDUCTOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD 5\u003cbr\u003eSymphony No. 7 in A flat major, op. 92 \u003cbr\u003e1 I. Poco sostenuto. Vivace \u003cbr\u003e2 II. Allegretto \u003cbr\u003e3 III. Scherzo: Presto. Assai meno presto \u003cbr\u003e4 IV. Allegro con brio\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBARRY WORDWORTH, CONDUCTOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSymphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93 \u003cbr\u003e1 I. Allegro vivace e con brio \u003cbr\u003e2 II. Allegretto scherzando \u003cbr\u003e3 III. Tempo di minuetto \u003cbr\u003e4 IV. Allegro vivace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJAMES LOCKHART, CONDUCTOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD 6\u003cbr\u003eSymphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 \u003cbr\u003e1 I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso \u003cbr\u003e2 II. Molto vivace \u003cbr\u003e3 III. Adagio molto e cantabile \u003cbr\u003e4 IV. Presto \u003cbr\u003e5 Presto: “O Freunde …”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRAYMOND LEPPARD, CONDUCTOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSOLOISTS: Gilian Webster, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Martin Hill, Robert Hayward\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FERMATA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31032406769751,"sku":"4011222033208","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/733809_front.jpg?v=1735250687","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/beethoven-the-symphonies","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}