Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 8

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Symphony No. 8 in F, op. 93

Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Philippe Herreweghe


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Mendelssohn, Beethoven violin concertos

Felix Mendelssohn
Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64

Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin concerto in D major, op. 61

Joshua Bell, violin
Camerata Salzburg
Sir Roger Norrington


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Glenn Gould plays Beethoven symphonies 5 & 6

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Transcriptions: Franz Liszt
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral" (First movement)

Glenn Gould


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Beethoven - Piano concertos 3, 4 & 5 - Pizarro, Mackerras

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37
Piano concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58
Piano concerto No. 5 in E flat major, op. 73 "Emperor"

Artur Pizarro, piano
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras

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Beethoven - Tenth Symphony - Morris

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 10 in E flat
The Story of Beethoven's Tenth Symphony

London Symphony Orchestra
Wym Morris

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Beethoven - The symphonies - Solti

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
CD 01
Symphonies 1 & 2
CD 02
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
Egmont & Coriolan Overtures
CD 03
Symphonies 4 & 5
CD 04
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
Leonore No. 3 Overture
CD 05
Symphonies 7 & 8
CD 06
Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
Bonus CD (07)
Sir Georg Solti in conversation with William Mann

Pilar Lorengar, soprano
Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano
Stuart Burrows, tenor
Martti Tanvela, bass

Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Sir Georg Solti

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BONUS CD (07)

Beethoven - Missa solemnis - Karajan

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf talks about the recording in a recent interview

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Missa solemnis in D, op. 123

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504 'Prague'

Karajan rehearses Beethoven's Missa solemnis

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Nicola Zaccarla, bass
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan

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Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 - Karl Böhm

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125

Jessye Norman, soprano
Brigitte Fassbaender, contralto
Plácido Domingo, tenor
Walter Berry, bariton
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Chorus Master: Walter Hagen-Groll
Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Böhm

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Beethoven - 9 Symphonies - Zinman

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
CD 01
Symphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 36
CD 02
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 "Eroica"
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, op. 60
CD 03
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 67 "Pastoral"
CD 04
Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92
Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93
CD 05
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125
Schweizer Kammerchor
Fritz Näf, chorusmaster
Ruth Ziesak, soprano. Birgit Remmert, alto
Steve Davislim, tenor. Detlef Roth, bass

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman

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Beethoven - Piano sonatas - Gilels

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano sonata No. 8 in C minor, op. 13 "Pathétique"
Piano sonata No. 13 in E flat major, op. 27 no. 1
Piano sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight"

Emil Gilels

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Beethoven, Tchaikovksy - Piano concerto no. 5, Symphony No. 4 - Gilels, Bohm

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1927)
Piano concerto No. 5 in E flat major, op. 73

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36

Emil Gilels, piano
Tschechische Philharmonie
Karl Bohm

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Beethoven - Symphonies 9 - Szell

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125
Adele Addison, soprano
Jane Hobson, mezzo-soprano
Richard Lewis, tenor
Donald Bell, baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Choir
Robert Shaw, dir.

Overture "Fidelio", op. 72b

Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell

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Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7 - Szell

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60
Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92
Overture "King Stephen", op. 117

Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell

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Beethoven 6, Schubert 5 Symphonies - Karl Bohm

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral"

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D 485

Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Böhm

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Beethoven, Mozart - Violin concertos - Kogan

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin concerto in D major, op. 61

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Violin concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "Turkish"

Leonid Kogan, violin
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
André Vandernoot

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Beethoven - Piano concertos - Pletnev

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
CD 01
Piano concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15
Piano concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37
CD 02
Piano concerto No. 2 in B flat minor, op. 19
Piano concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58
CD 03
Piano concerto No. 5 in E flat major, op. 73 "Emperor"

Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Russian National Orchestra
Christian Gansch

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Beethoven - Solti - Symphonies 3, 5 & 7

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55 'Eroica'
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92

Wiener Philharmoniker
Georg Solti, conductor

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Beethoven - Gulda - Piano sonatas

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
CD 01
Piano sonata No. 1 in F minor, op. 2, 1
Piano sonata No. 2 in A major, op. 2, 2
Piano sonata No. 3 in C major, op. 2, 3
CD 02
Piano sonata No. 4 in E flat major, op. 7
Piano sonata No. 5 in C minor, op. 10, 1
Piano sonata No. 6 in F major, op. 10, 2
CD 03
Piano sonata No. 7 in D major, op. 10, 3
Piano sonata No. 8 in C minor, op. 13 "Pathétique"
Piano sonata No. 9 in E major, op. 14, 1
Piano sonata No. 10 in G major, op. 14, 2
CD 04
Piano sonata No. 11 in B flat major, op. 22
Piano sonata No. 12 in A flat major, op. 26
Piano sonata No. 13 in E flat major, op. 27, 1
Piano sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 27, 2 "Moonlight"
CD 05
Piano sonata No. 15 in D major, op. 28 "Pastoral"
Piano sonata No. 16 in G major, op. 31, 1
Piano sonata No. 17 in D minor, op. 31, 2 "The Tempest"
CD 06
Piano sonata No. 18 in E flat major, op. 31, 3
Piano sonata No. 19 in G minor, op. 49, 1
Piano sonata No. 20 in G major, op. 49, 2
Piano sonata No. 21 in C major, op. 53 "Waldstein"
Piano sonata No. 22 in F major, op. 53
CD 07
Piano sonata No. 23 in F minor, op. 57 "Appassionata"
Piano sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, op. 78 "A Therese"
Piano sonata No. 25 in G major, op. 79
Piano sonata No. 26 in E-flat major Op.81a "Les Adieux"
Piano sonata No. 27 in E minor, op. 90
CD 08
Piano sonata No. 28 in A major, op. 101
Piano sonata No. 29 in B flat major, op .106 "HammerKlavier"
CD 09
Piano sonata No. 30 in E major, op. 109
Piano sonata No. 31 in A flat major, op. 110
Piano sonata No. 32 in C minor, op. 111

Friedrich Gulda, piano

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CD 06 / CD 07 / CD 08 / CD 09

Beethoven - Hewitt - Piano sonatas Nos. 15, 8 & 3

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano sonata No. 15 in D major, op. 28 "Pastoral"
Piano sonata No. 8 in C minor, op. 13 "Pathétique"
Piano sonata No. 3 in C major, op. 2 no. 3

Angela Hewitt, piano

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Famous Overtures

CD 01
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Carmen: Prélude
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Sinfonia
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Fidelio: Ouvertüre
Wiener Philharmoniker
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Latraviata: Preludio
Bayerisches Staatorchester
Carlos Kleiber, conductor

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Orphée aux enfers: Ouverture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Die Zauberflote: Ouvertüre
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Der Freischütz: Ouvertüre
Staatskapelle Dresden
Carlos Kleiber, conductor

Emil von Reznicek (1860-1945)
Donna Diana: Ouvertüre
Gothernburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor

Christoph Willibard Gluck (1714-1787)
Orfeo ed Euridice: Overtura
The English Baroque Sololists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Die Fledermaus: Ouvertüre
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Akademische Festouvertüre
Wiener Philharmoniker
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

CD2

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Candide: Overture
London Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor

Franz von Suppè (1819-1895)
Leichte Kavallerie: Ouvertüre
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La forza del destino: Sinfonia
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
Ruslan and Ludmilla: Overture
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Vorspiel zum 1. Aufzug
Orchestre de Paris
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Le nozze di Figaro: Sinfonia
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado, conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Egmont: Ouvertüre
Wiener Philharmoniker
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Khovanschina: Prelude "Dawn over the River Moscow"
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Claudio Abbado, conductor

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Cuban Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor

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