YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN & CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE – Beethoven: The Symphonies

Decca (UMO) / Classics / Deutsche Grammophon

£31.37

Format: 5 x CD
Catalogue No.: 4863050
Barcode: 00028948630509
Release Date: 15 Jul 2022
Genre: Classical

“I am interested in how Beethoven's music can surprise us today. Our interpretation should feel to the audience as if they are hearing this music for the first time. That is my goal.” - Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Originally planned for April 2020 in celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, the project “Beethoven: The Symphonies” is the third composer-led collaboration between GRAMMY-Winner Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the COE having previously performed and recorded together complete Schumann and Mendelssohn cycles in 2014 and 2017 respectively. The Symphony Cycle was going to use the now complete performance material featuring the musical text of the “New Beethoven Complete Edition”. Especially in Symphony No. 9 one can literally hear and experience the difference, as Beethoven’s original and recently re-discovered Double Bassoon part is used for the very first time. The recording will also be the COE’s first complete Beethoven Cycle on record since the landmark disc with Nikolaus Harnoncourt in the 1990’s.

TRACKLIST:
1. Beethoven: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio [Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21]
2. Beethoven: II. Andante cantabile con moto [Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21]
3. Beethoven: III. Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace [Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21]
4. Beethoven: IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace [Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21]
5. Beethoven: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio [Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36]
6. Beethoven: II. Larghetto [Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36]
7. Beethoven: III. Scherzo. Allegro [Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36]
8. Beethoven: IV. Allegro molto [Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36]
9. Beethoven: I. Allegro con brio [Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"]
10. Beethoven: II. Marcia funèbre. Adagio assai [Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"]
11. Beethoven: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace [Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"]
12. Beethoven: IV. Finale. Allegro molto [Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"]
13. Beethoven: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace [Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60]
14. Beethoven: II. Adagio [Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60]
15. Beethoven: III. Allegro vivace [Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60]
16. Beethoven: IV. Allegro ma non troppo [Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60]
17. Beethoven: I. Allegro con brio [Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67]
18. Beethoven: II. Andante con moto [Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67]
19. Beethoven: III. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio [Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67]
20. Beethoven: IV. Allegro [Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67]
21. Beethoven: I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo [Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"]
22. Beethoven: II. Szene am Bach. Andante molto mosso [Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"]
23. Beethoven: III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro [Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"]
24. Beethoven: IV. Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro [Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"]
25. Beethoven: V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto [Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"]
26. Beethoven: I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace [Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92]
27. Beethoven: II. Allegretto [Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92]
28. Beethoven: III. Presto - Assai meno presto [Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92]
29. Beethoven: IV. Allegro con brio [Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92]
30. Beethoven: I. Allegro vivace e con brio [Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93]
31. Beethoven: II. Allegretto scherzando [Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93]
32. Beethoven: III. Tempo di menuetto [Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93]
33. Beethoven: IV. Allegro vivace [Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93]
34. Beethoven: I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso [Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"]
35. Beethoven: II. Molto vivace [Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"]
36. Beethoven: III. Adagio molto e cantabile [Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"]
37. Beethoven: IVa. Finale. Presto [Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"]
38. Beethoven: IVb. Allegro assai [Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"]
39. Beethoven: IVc. Presto - Recitativo "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" [Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"]
40. Beethoven: IVd. Allegro assai vivace. Alla marcia "Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen" [Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"]
41. Beethoven: IVe. Andante maestoso "Seid umschlungen, Millionen" [Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"]
42. Beethoven: IVf. Allegro energico e sempre ben marcato "Freude, schöner Götterfunken" [Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"]
43. Beethoven: IVg. Allegro ma non tanto "Freude, Tochter aus Elysium" [Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"]
44. Beethoven: IVh. Poco Allegro – Prestissimo "Seid umschlungen, Millionen" [Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"]