034571143019

Beethoven: Symphonies

Charles Mackerras: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

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Format: 5CD

Cat No: CDS443015

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Release Date:  01 September 2007

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Clamshell

No of Units:  5

Barcode:  034571143019

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    ‘A decisive interpretation, reinforced by a near-flawless and totally committed performance, and driven by an energy and vitality that conductors half the age of the venerable octogenarian Mackerras could only dream of emulating. The confidence and challenge intrinsic to the great symphony bounded off the page, flowed through conductor and orchestra and filled the auditorium, whose near-capacity audience was gripped. That grip remained fast for the duration: through the pulsing virility of the first movement and an amazing account of the second where Sir Charles and the SCO at once maintained a swift momentum while creating an illusion of unhurried expansiveness, crept through a stealthily-introduced scherzo and, in a wonderfully controlled flow of tension and release, exploded into a finale whose effect was as cathartic as it was climactic. This Beethoven Five was a seamlessly integrated interpretation and performance which refreshed the best known of all symphonies. That’s why it was special. This performance was suffused with the shock of the new’ (Glasgow Herald)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio
      • 2. Andante Cantabile Con Moto
      • 3. Menuetto: Allegro Molto E Vivace
      • 4. Adagio - Allegro Molto E Vivace
      • 5. Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio
      • 6. Larghetto
      • 7. Scherzo: Allegro
      • 8. Allegro Molto

      Disc 2

      • 1. Allegro Con Brio
      • 2. Marcia Funebre: Adagio Assai
      • 3. Scherzo: Allegro Vivace
      • 4. Finale: Allegro Molto - Poco Andante - Presto
      • 5. Adagio - Allegro Vivace
      • 6. Adagio
      • 7. Menuetto: Allegro Vivace
      • 8. Allegro Ma Non Troppo

      Disc 3

      • 1. Allegro Con Brio
      • 2. Andante Con Moto
      • 3. Scherzo: Allegro
      • 4. Allegro - Presto
      • 5. Erwachen Heiterer Empfindungen Bei Der Ankunft Auf Dem Lande: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
      • 6. Szene Am Bach: Andante Molto Mosso
      • 7. Lustiges Zusammensein Der Landleute: Allegro
      • 8. Donner. Sturm: Allegro
      • 9. Hirtengesang. Frohe, Dankbare Gefuhle Nach Dem Sturm: Allegretto

      Disc 4

      • 1. Poco Sostenuto - Vivace
      • 2. Allegretto
      • 3. Presto - Assai Meno Presto
      • 4. Allegro Con Brio
      • 5. Allegro Vivace E Con Brio
      • 6. Allegretto Scherzando
      • 7. Tempo Di Menuetto
      • 8. Allegro Vivace

      Disc 5

      • 1. Allegro Ma Non Troppo, Un Poco Maestoso
      • 2. Molto Vivace
      • 3. Adagio Molto E Cantabile
      • 4. Presto - Allegro Assai