The Complete Symphonies (Symphony No. 9 “Choral”) Herbert Blomstedt, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, MDR Rundfunkchor, GewandhausChor & GewandhausKinderchor

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827):
• 1Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: I. Adagio Molto. Allegro Con Brio08:46
• 2Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: II. Andante Cantabile Con Moto07:35
• 3Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: III. Allegro Molto E Vivace04:02
• 4Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: IV. Finale. Adagio. Allegro Molto E Vivace05:44
• 5Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: I. Adagio. Allegro Con Brio12:14
• 6Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: II. Larghetto10:41
• 7Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: III. Scherzo04:25
• 8Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: IV. Allegro Molto06:20
• 9Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": I. Allegro Con Brio16:22
• 10Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": II. Adagio Assai14:52
• 11Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": III. Scherzo06:00
• 12Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": IV. Finale: Allegro Molto11:29
• 13Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: I. Adagio. Allegro Vivace11:14
• 14Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: II. Adagio09:07
• 15Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: III. Allegro Molto E Vivace05:38
• 16Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo06:42
• 17Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro Con Brio07:29
• 18Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante Con Moto09:41
• 19Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: III. Allegro05:16
• 20Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegro11:10
• 21Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo11:31
• 22Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": II. Andante Molto Moto12:04
• 23Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": III. Allegro05:27
• 24Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": IV. Allegro03:54
• 25Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": V. Allegretto09:57
• 26Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: I. Poco Sostenuto. Vivace14:33
• 27Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto08:15
• 28Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: III. Presto08:56
• 29Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: IV. Allegro Con Brio08:53
• 30Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: I. Allegro Vivace E Con Brio08:49
• 31Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: II. Allegretto Scherzando03:57
• 32Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: III. Tempo Di Minuetto04:34
• 33Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: IV. Allegro Vivace07:27
• 34Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo E Un Poco Maestoso14:48
• 35Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": II. Molto Vivace. Presto13:46
• 36Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": III. Adagio Molto E Cantabile. Andante Moderato13:22
• 37Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Finale. Presto23:36
• Total Runtime05:48:36

Info for The Complete Symphonies (Symphony No. 9 “Choral”)

In celebration of Herbert Blomstedt’s 90th Birthday in July 2017, Accentus Music releases a new Beethoven cycle that captures the spirit of the long-standing partnership between the legendary conductor laureate and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. All nine symphonies, released in a box set containing five CDs, are live recordings made at the Leipzig Gewandhaus between May 2014 and March 2017.

Blomstedt's interpretations of Beethoven are based on a highly responsible handling of the scores and this conductor’s deep love of the truth, in which everything that is superimposed and overtly effective is fundamentally removed. At the same time however, the performances embrace the ethical conscience of the artist with his deep, almost seismographic musical sensibility and a high expressivity.

Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony and the musical city of Leipzig are closely intertwined with each other: Felix Mendelssohn, Kapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester, made the work an indispensable part of the concert hall repertoire and Arthur Nikisch, one of his successors, established in 1918 the worldwide tradition of performing this groundbreaking and pioneering work at the end of the year. The phenomenal Herbert Blomstedt, Gewandhaus-kapellmeister from 1998 to 2005, once again conducted Beethoven's Ninth in Leipzig for the 2016 New Year celebrations.

With his former orchestra, of which he has been Conductor Laureate since 2005 and with whom he enjoys a close friendship, he achieves a gripping interpretation of this monumental work. Under the direction of Blomstedt, together with his excellent musicians, the choirs, and an outstanding quartet of soloists led by the magnificent voice of Christian Gerhaher, the utopia of global freedom and humanity in Friedrich Schiller's "Ode to Joy," penned in Leipzig in 1785, grows to overwhelming dimensions.

„Blomstedt holds a long pause before the inevitable ovation and in that moment, and indeed illuminating his leadership of the whole symphony as the film direction often lets us see, there is something very like radiance.“ (Gramophone)

Simona Šaturová, soprano
Mihoko Fujimura, alto
Christian Elsner, tenor
Christian Gerhaher, baritone
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
MDR Rundfunkchor
GewandhausChor & GewandhausKinderchor
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

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