An iconic version of the greatest symphonic cycle ever composed; Beethoven's 3rd, 5th and 9th Symphonies for example are absolutely legendary recordings. Being by far the bestselling album of the Budget Boxset series for the past two years running, these recordings are now brought back into the vinyl format in a deluxe edition.
Beethoven was Wilhelm Furtwängler's guiding musical force. In his interpretations of the symphonies, the conductor generates irresistible dramatic momentum — and a constant sense of imaginative freshness — through the interrelationship of form, harmony, texture, rhythm and tempo.
These recordings, all made in the late 1940s and early 1950s, in the Musikverein in Vienna and at concerts in London, Bayreuth and Stockholm, were remastered at Abbey Road Studios in 2010, bringing their sound more alive than ever before.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphonies No.1-9 (180g)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , Elisabeth Höngen , Hans Hopf , Otto Edelmann , Vienna Philharmonic , Bayreuth Festival Orchestra , Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra , Wilhelm Furtwängler
LP 1
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: II. Andante cantabile con moto
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: III. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: IV. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
LP 2
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: I. Adagio - Allegro con brio
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: II. Larghetto
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: III. Scherzo (Allegro)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: IV. Allegro molto
LP 3
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, "Eroica": II. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)
LP 4
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, "Eroica": III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, "Eroica": IV. Allegro molto - Poco andante – Presto
Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con brio
Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: II. Allegretto scherzando
Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: III. Tempo di menuetto
Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: IV. Allegro vivace
LP 5
Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: II. Adagio
Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: III. Allegro vivace - Trio (Un poco meno allegro)
Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
LP 6
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante con moto
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: III. Allegro
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegro – Presto
LP 7
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo (Awakening of cheerful feeli
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral": II. Andante molto moto (Scene by the brook)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral": III. Allegro (Merry gathering of the country folk)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral": IV. Allegro (Storm and tempest)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral": V. Allegretto (Shepherds' Song. Happy and thankful fe
LP 8
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: III. Presto - Assai meno presto
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio
LP 9
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral": I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral": II. Molto vivace - Presto - Molto vivace – Presto
Lp 10
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral": III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral": IV. Presto - Allegro assai
