4053796003546

The World's Greatest Symphonies

Various Artists

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Format: 10CD

Cat No: 600354

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Release Date:  02 December 2016

Label:  Documents

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  10

Barcode:  4053796003546

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    This ten CD box set contain major symphonies from composers such as Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorák, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Tchaikovsky, nineteen original works in total. Top orchestras from Europe and the United States demonstrate the high standard of their art, led by conductors of world renown: Bernstein, Karajan, Klemperer, Szell, Furtwängler, and Toscanini. The demands in terms of sound these masterpieces present, have been met brilliantly by the engineers working on these recordings and many of them have hardly been surpassed until today. Making the nineteen works in this CD box the ideal foundation for a collection of the major symphonies in classical music, both musically and technically.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55, in E flat major, Eroica, I Allegro con brio
      • 2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55, in E flat major, Eroica, II Marcia funebre (Trauermarsch): Adagio assai
      • 3. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55, in E flat major, Eroica, III Scherzo & Trio: Allegro vivace
      • 4. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55, in E flat major, Eroica, IV Finale: Allegro molto, poco andante. Presto
      • 5. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, in A major, Italian, I Allegro vivace
      • 6. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, in A major, Italian, II Andante con moto
      • 7. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, in A major, Italian, III Con moto moderato
      • 8. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, in A major, Italian, IV Saltarello. Presto

      Disc 2

      • 1. Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Op.95, in E minor, From the New World, I Adagio. Allegro molto
      • 2. Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Op.95, in E minor, From the New World, II Largo
      • 3. Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Op.95, in E minor, From the New World, III Scherzo. Molto vivace
      • 4. Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Op.95, in E minor, From the New World, IV Allegro con fuoco
      • 5. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, 0p.68, in F major, Pastoral, I. Erwachen heiterer Gefühle bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande: Allegro non tropo
      • 6. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, 0p.68, in F major, Pastoral, II. Szene am Bach: Andante molto mosso
      • 7. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, 0p.68, in F major, Pastoral, III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute: Allegro
      • 8. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, 0p.68, in F major, Pastoral, IV. Gewitter, Sturm: Allegro
      • 9. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, 0p.68, in F major, Pastoral, V. Hirtengesang. Frohe, dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm: Allegretto

      Disc 3

      • 1. Berlioz: Symphony fantstique, Op. 14, Episode de la vie d'un artiste, I Reveries – Passions - (Dreams, Passions / Träume Leidenschaften) Largo. Allegro agitato e appassionato assai
      • 2. Berlioz: Symphony fantstique, Op. 14, Episode de la vie d'un artiste, II Un bal (A Ball) Valse. Allegro non troppo
      • 3. Berlioz: Symphony fantstique, Op. 14, Episode de la vie d'un artiste, III Scène aux champs (Scene in the Country) Adagio
      • 4. Berlioz: Symphony fantstique, Op. 14, Episode de la vie d'un artiste, IV Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold) Allegretto non troppo
      • 5. Berlioz: Symphony fantstique, Op. 14, Episode de la vie d'un artiste, V Songe d’une nuit du Sabbat (Dream of a Sabbath Night) Larghetto. Allegro
      • 6. Prokofiev: Symphony classique, Op. 25, I Allegro
      • 7. Prokofiev: Symphony classique, Op. 25, II Larghetto
      • 8. Prokofiev: Symphony classique, Op. 25, III Gavotte. Non troppo allegro
      • 9. Prokofiev: Symphony classique, Op. 25, IV Finale. Molto vivace

      Disc 4

      • 1. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Op. 74, in B minor, Pathetic, I Adagio. Allegro non troppo
      • 2. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Op. 74, in B minor, Pathetic, II Allegro con grazia
      • 3. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Op. 74, in B minor, Pathetic, III Allegro molto vivace
      • 4. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Op. 74, in B minor, Pathetic, IV Finale: Adagio lamentoso. Andante
      • 5. Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E flat major, With the drum-roll, I Adagio. Allegro con spirito
      • 6. Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E flat major, With the drum-roll, II Andante
      • 7. Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E flat major, With the drum-roll, III Minuet / Menuett. Trio
      • 8. Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E flat major, With the drum-roll, IV Finale: Allegro

      Disc 5

      • 1. Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K 551, Jupiter, I Allegro vivace
      • 2. Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K 551, Jupiter, II Andante cantabile
      • 3. Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K 551, Jupiter, III Menuetto. Allegro. Trio
      • 4. Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K 551, Jupiter, IV Molto allegro
      • 5. Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K 504, Prague, I Adagio. Allegro
      • 6. Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K 504, Prague, II Andante
      • 7. Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K 504, Prague, III Finale: Presto
      • 8. Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, Op. posth., D 759, Unfinished, I Allegro moderato
      • 9. Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, Op. posth., D 759, Unfinished, II Andante con moto

      Disc 6

      • 1. Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38, Spring, I Andante un poco maestoso. Allegro molto vivace
      • 2. Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38, Spring, II Larghetto
      • 3. Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38, Spring, III Scherzo: molto vivace
      • 4. Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38, Spring, IV Allegro animato e grazioso
      • 5. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, Organ Symphony, I Adagio. Allegro moderato
      • 6. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, Organ Symphony, II Poco adagio
      • 7. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, Organ Symphony, III Allegro moderato. Presto
      • 8. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, Organ Symphony, IV Maestoso. Allegro

      Disc 7

      • 1. Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, The Titan, I Langsam. Schleppend (Wie ein Naturlaut). Im Anfang sehr gemächlich
      • 2. Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, The Titan, II Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell. Trio. Recht gemächlich
      • 3. Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, The Titan, III Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen
      • 4. Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, The Titan, IV Stürmisch bewegt
      • 5. Hindemith: Symphony Mathis the Painter, I Angel Concert
      • 6. Hindemith: Symphony Mathis the Painter, II The Entombment
      • 7. Hindemith: Symphony Mathis the Painter, III The Temptation of St. Antony

      Disc 8

      • 1. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, I Un poco sostenuto. Allegro
      • 2. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, II Andante sostenuto
      • 3. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, III Un poco allegretto e grazioso
      • 4. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, IV Finale: Adagio. Piú andante. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
      • 5. Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97, Rhenish-Symphony, I Lebhaft (Vivace)
      • 6. Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97, Rhenish-Symphony, II Scherzo, sehr mäßig (Molto moderato)
      • 7. Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97, Rhenish-Symphony, III Nicht schnell (Moderato)
      • 8. Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97, Rhenish-Symphony, IV Feierlich (Maestoso)
      • 9. Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97, Rhenish-Symphony, V Lebhaft (Vivace)

      Disc 9

      • 1. Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major (Version 1878/80, rev. 1886), Romantic, I Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
      • 2. Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major (Version 1878/80, rev. 1886), Romantic, II Andante quasi allegretto
      • 3. Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major (Version 1878/80, rev. 1886), Romantic, III Scherzo: Bewegt. Trio: Nicht zu schnell, keinesfalls schleppend
      • 4. Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major (Version 1878/80, rev. 1886), Romantic, IV Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

      Disc 10

      • 1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 with final chorus on Schiller's Ode to joy, I Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
      • 2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 with final chorus on Schiller's Ode to joy, II Molto vivace. Presto
      • 3. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 with final chorus on Schiller's Ode to joy, III Adagio molto cantabile. Andante moderato
      • 4. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 with final chorus on Schiller's Ode to joy, IV Adagio presto. Allegro ma non troppo. Rezitativo O Freunde, nicht diese Töne. Allegro assai