Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8 – Méhul: Symphony No. 1 – Cherubini: Lodoïska Overture (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8 – Méhul: Symphony No. 1 – Cherubini: Lodoïska Overture (2022)
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The least famous of Beethoven’s symphonies? Yet these two works are genuine tours de force: the composer takes the listener on a journey whose destination never seems to be known in advance, one brimming over with structural innovations subtly brought out in this interpretation by the musicians of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. This recording is also an opportunity to discover just how clearly Cherubini’s music prefigured that of Beethoven, whereas Méhul’s Symphony is a response à la française to the German composer.

Tracklist:

01. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Cherubini: Lodoïska: Overture. Adagio – Allegro vivace – Moderato – Allegro vivace (09:27)
02. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: I. Adagio – Allegro vivace (10:24)
03. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: II. Adagio (08:35)
04. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: III. Allegro molto e vivace – Trio. Un poco meno allegro (05:32)
05. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: IV. Allegro ma non troppo (06:56)
06. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Méhul: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor: I. Allegro (06:55)
07. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Méhul: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor: II. Andante (07:59)
08. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Méhul: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor: III. Menuet. Allegro – Trio (03:23)
09. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Méhul: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor: IV. Finale. Allegro agitato (06:14)
10. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con brio (08:34)
11. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: II. Allegretto scherzando (04:03)
12. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: III. Tempo di Menuetto (05:21)
13. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: IV. Allegro vivace (07:17)

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