Beethoven: Complete Symphonies WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln & Marek Janowski

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21:
• 1Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio09:01
• 2Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: II. Andante cantabile con moto07:35
• 3Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: III. Minuet. Allegro molto e vivace - Trio03:30
• 4Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: IV. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace05:36
• Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36:
• 5Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio12:12
• 6Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: II. Larghetto10:34
• 7Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: III. Scherzo. Allegro03:33
• 8Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: IV. Allegro molto06:27
• Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica":
• 9Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio16:11
• 10Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai15:23
• 11Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace05:41
• 12Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": IV. Allegro molto10:53
• Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60:
• 13Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace11:54
• 14Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: II. Adagio09:15
• 15Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: III. Allegro vivace05:41
• 16Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: IV. Allegro ma non troppo06:44
• Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67:
• 17Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio07:05
• 18Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante con moto10:10
• 19Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: III. Scherzo. Allegro05:21
• 20Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegro10:58
• Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastorale":
• 21Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastorale": I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande11:36
• 22Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastorale": II. Scene am Bach10:25
• 23Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastorale": III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute05:15
• 24Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastorale": IV. Gewitter. Sturm03:48
• 25Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastorale": V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm08:26
• Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92:
• 26Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace13:45
• 27Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto07:42
• 28Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: III. Presto09:21
• 29Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio08:29
• Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93:
• 30Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con brio08:29
• 31Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: II. Allegretto scherzando03:52
• 32Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: III. Tempo di menuetto04:21
• 33Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: IV. Allegro vivace07:05
• Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral":
• 34Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso14:25
• 35Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": II. Molto vivace14:00
• 36Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": III. Adagio molto e cantabile13:05
• 37Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Finale22:34
• Total Runtime05:40:22

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Eine einzigartige Sinneserfahrung: Marek Janowski dirigiert Beethoven: Es ist schon etwas Besonderes, selbst im übervollen Beethoven-Sinfonien-Katalog, wenn Marek Janowski und das WDR Sinfonieorchester eine Gesamteinspielung der Sinfonien Beethovens vorlegen: Einer der meist gefeierten Dirigenten unserer Tage und eines der renommiertesten deutschen Rundfunkorchester sind gerade gut genug, für Beethovens unerreichte Sinfonien. So kühn sie für unsere Ohren immer noch klingen, kann man sich leicht vorstellen, wie Beethovens Zeitgenossen vom Umfang, der schieren Kraft und dem abenteuerlichen Charakter seiner Sinfonien völlig überwältigt waren.

Das Boxset-Design ist von der Idee der organischen Form inspiriert, einem Ideal, das Beethovens Zeitgenossen häufig mit seinen Sinfonien in Verbindung brachten und das eine Ähnlichkeit zwischen der Struktur seiner Sinfonien und dem Wachstum von Pflanzen und Bäumen voraussetzt. Diese Idee wurde visuell umgesetzt, indem Nahaufnahmen aus Karl Blossfeldts »Urformen der Kunst« (1928) verwendet wurden. Diese Bilder aus dem frühen 20. Jh. unterstreichen die zeitlose Modernität und die natürliche Perfektion von Beethovens Sinfonien.

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Marek Janowski, Dirigent

Marek Janowski
has been artistic director of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin since 2002, and was offered a lifetime position by the orchestra in 2008. In 2005, he was also appointed musical director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva. Between 1984-2000, as musical director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, he led the orchestra to international fame as the leading French orchestra. In addition, he had been artistic director of the Gürzenich Orchestra in Cologne (1986-1990), the Dresdner Philharmonie (2001-2003), and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo (2000-2005).

Marek Janowski receives regular invitations to guest-conduct from leading orchestras world-wide, thanks to his fresh and unusual insights into works which tend to be underestimated, or apparently over-familiar. He is in demand as guest conductor through- out the world, and works in the USA on a regular basis with the Pittsburgh Symphony (where he holds the Otto Klemperer Guest Conducting Chair), the Boston and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras, and in Europe with the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchester der Tonhalle Zurich, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in Copenhagen and the NDR-Sinfonieorchester Hamburg.

Marek Janowski was born in Warsaw in 1939, but grew up and was educated in Germany. He has accepted positions as general music director in Aachen, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, and Dortmund. Since the late 1970’s, he has appeared regularly at all the major opera houses world-wide, including the Metropolitan Opera New York, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, San Francisco, Hamburg, Vienna and Paris. More than 50 recordings – most of which have received various international prizes – including many opera recordings and complete symphonic cycles over the past 35 years have demonstrated the special mastery of the conductor Marek Janowski. To this day, his complete recordings (1980-83) of Richard Wagner’s tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen with the Staatskapelle Dresden is consid- ered one of the most musically interesting ever to have been made of this work. Major recording projects have already been completed in Berlin, including Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem and the recording of Henze’s complete symphonies.

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