608917253221

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (Complete Symphonies Vol. 4)

Netherlands Symphony Orchestra & Jan Willem de Vriend

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Format: 2SACD

Cat No: CC72532

Release Date:  16 January 2012

Label:  Challenge Classics

Packaging Type:  Fat Double (a 2.5cm thick jewel case, fits several CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  608917253221

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    This is the fourth volume in a cycle of the complete Symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven being released by conductor Jan Willem de Vriend and the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. The disc features Symphonies No. 2 and 3 'Eroica', and as with the previous titles Nos. 1 & 5, Nos. 4 and 6 and Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8, it is being made available as a hybrid SACD.

    Jan Willem de Vriend is the artistic director of Combattimento Consort Amsterdam and since 2006 has been the chief conductor and artistic director of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. De Vriend has been a guest conductor with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, The Hague Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra is based in province of Overijssel with performs concert series in Enschede, Hengelo, Zwolle and Deventer. Another important role for the orchestra is accompanying De Nationale Reisopera and provincial choral societies.



    Volume 3, which included the Seventh and Eighth Symphonies and was released in July of this year, has received excellent reviews:
    "(4 stars) As long as you're not allergic to performances played in period style then these are among the best of their kind" - Malcolm Hayes, Classic FM Magazine



    Personnel: The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend (conductor)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Symphony no. 2 op. 36 in D major (Adagio - Allegro con brio)
      • 2. Symphony no. 2 op. 36 in D major (Larghetto)
      • 3. Symphony no. 2 op. 36 in D major (Scherzo: Allegro)
      • 4. Symphony no. 2 op. 36 in D major (Allegro molto)

      Disc 2

      • 1. Symphony no. 3 op. 55 in E-flat major "Eroica" (Allegro con brio)
      • 2. Symphony no. 3 op. 55 in E-flat major "Eroica" (Marcia funebre: Adagio assai)
      • 3. Symphony no. 3 op. 55 in E-flat major "Eroica" (Scherzo: Allegro vivace)
      • 4. Symphony no. 3 op. 55 in E-flat major "Eroica" (Finale: Allegro molto)