Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 - Eloquence: ELQ4808895 - 6 CDs

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the sound is excellent […] the finale has beautifully light pointing and delicate playing from the Vienna Philharmonic — Gramophone Magazine, December 1970 More…

Release Date: 2nd Oct 2015
Catalogue No: ELQ4808895
Label: Eloquence
Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

Work length24:14

Wiener Philharmoniker
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1960-04-24
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

Track length9:02

2. Andante cantabile con moto

Track length6:09

3. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)

Track length3:25

4. Finale (Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace)

Track length5:38

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

Work length31:05

London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1960-05-10
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

Track length9:59

2. Larghetto

Track length11:01

3. Scherzo (Allegro)

Track length3:27

4. Allegro molto

Track length6:38

Beethoven: Overture "Fidelio", Op. 72c

Work length6:29

London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1960-05-10
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Work length9:07

London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1961-05-27
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Beethoven: König Stephan Overture, Op. 117

Work length7:14

London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1960-05-10
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'

Work length48:03

Wiener Philharmoniker
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1957-12-03
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

1. Allegro con brio

Track length14:44

2. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)

Track length15:01

3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)

Track length5:45

4. Finale (Allegro molto)

Track length12:33

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93

Work length26:09

Wiener Philharmoniker
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1959-04-22
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

1. Allegro vivace e con brio

Track length9:58

2. Allegretto scherzando

Track length3:40

3. Tempo di menuetto

Track length5:01

4. Allegro vivace

Track length7:30

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60

Work length34:30

London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1959-10-16
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Adagio - Allegro vivace

Track length12:43

2. Adagio

Track length9:22

3. Allegro vivace

Track length5:48

4. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length6:37

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Work length36:32

London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1961-05-27
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace

Track length12:05

2. Allegretto

Track length8:44

3. Presto - Assai meno presto

Track length9:11

4. Allegro con brio

Track length6:32

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Work length30:27

London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1961-05-27
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Allegro con brio

Track length7:10

2. Andante con moto

Track length9:16

3. Allegro

Track length5:02

4. Allegro

Track length8:59

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'

Work length42:02

Wiener Philharmoniker
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1958-10-31
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

1. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande: Allegro ma non troppo

Track length12:28

2. Szene am Bach: (Andante molto mosso)

Track length11:45

3. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Allegro)

Track length5:18

4. Gewitter, Sturm (Allegro)

Track length3:34

5. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm: Allegretto

Track length8:57

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

Work length1:08:24

Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), David Ward (bass (vocal))
London Symphony Orchestra, London Bach Choir
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1962-06-18
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

Track length16:16

2. Molto vivace

Track length11:49

3. Adagio molto e cantabile

Track length14:49

4. Presto - Allegro assai

Track length25:30

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Rehearsal Sketch

Work length9:11

Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Regina Resnik (contralto), Jon Vickers (tenor), David Ward (bass (vocal))
London Bach Choir, London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1962-06
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Rehearsal 1

Track length9:11

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Rehersal Sketch

Work length16:46

Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Regina Resnik (contralto), Jon Vickers (tenor), David Ward (bass (vocal))
London Bach Choir, London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1962-06
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Rehearsal 2

Track length7:03

Rehearsal 3

Track length9:43

Rouget de Lisle: La Marseillaise

Work length1:32

Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Regina Resnik (contralto), Jon Vickers (tenor), David Ward (bass (vocal))
London Bach Choir, London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1962-06
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'

Work length47:46

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 1962-07-03
Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

1. Allegro con brio

Track length14:47

2. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)

Track length15:24

3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)

Track length5:37

4. Finale (Allegro molto)

Track length11:58

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Monteux’s Beethoven has been described as visionary. Respect for the spirit of the score, directness of expression, exceptionally well-drilled playing and a sense of untainted idealism that lay at the very heart of the composer’s vision – these are the qualities that typify Monteux’s interpretation of Beethoven. Eight of the symphonies were recorded for Decca; the Ninth for Westminster; and the third (Eroica) again, for Philips. Together with the rehearsal for the Ninth and an impromptu in-studio performance of La Marseillaise, they form the most complete collection of Monteux’s Beethoven recordings. Other conductors may have offered a more personalised take on the music, but none made it more universal or more human. The fascinating accompanying notes to the set are by Rob Cowan and the recordings have been remastered for this release.

Reviews

December 1970

the sound is excellent […] the finale has beautifully light pointing and delicate playing from the Vienna Philharmonic

July 1971

the first movement has a genuine sense of flow […] The Decca transfer is smoother than the RCA original

March 1972

the development has genuine tension, accents are light and the strings have just the right weight of tone […] the playing of the Vienna strings is splendidly alert and sensitive

March 1973

straightforward and lively, very well played … the performance communicates a genuine sense of enjoyment

March 1982

Monteux’s version of Beethoven’s Second Symphony is immensely likeable and I cannot think of another version more liveable with. It has freshness and buoyancy […] The sound too is admirable – clear and lively, yet truthful in perspective and with no lack of body.

this is a performance I shall come back to often. It is definitely among the Ninths that count

Offer,Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9

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