Frans Bruggen, Orchestra Of The XVIII Century – Beethoven: The Symphonies (2012) [5x SACD] MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

It was some years after founding the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century in 1981 that Frans Brüggen first turned his attention to the music of Beethoven’s Nine Symphonies and endeavoured to perceive that special orchestral landscape, in order to transform it into musical sound, with the use of period instruments rediscovering historical tonal colours. Now, his quest undimmed, Brüggen has submerged himself once more into the glories of Beethoven’s orchestral music for a new cycle being issued in a sumptuous new hybrid SACD box set by Glossa. Likewise undimmed is the rapport he shares with his orchestra for one of classical music’s greatest challenges of realizing the intimate and the familiar in these symphonies, a challenge achieved here on record by way of concert performances.

Tracklist:

Disc 1
01. Symphony no.1 in C major (Opus 21, 1800): Adagio
02. Symphony no.1 in C major (Opus 21, 1800): Andante
03. Symphony no.1 in C major (Opus 21, 1800): Menuetto
04. Symphony no.1 in C major (Opus 21, 1800): Finale
05. Symphony no.3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’ (Opus 55, 1804): Allegro con brio
06. Symphony no.3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’ (Opus 55, 1804): Marche Funebre
07. Symphony no.3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’ (Opus 55, 1804): Scherzo
08. Symphony no.3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’ (Opus 55, 1804): Finale
Disc 2
01. Symphony no.2 in D major (Opus 36, 1802): Adagio molto – Allegro con brio
02. Symphony no.2 in D major (Opus 36, 1802): Larghetto
03. Symphony no.2 in D major (Opus 36, 1802): Scherzo
04. Symphony no.2 in D major (Opus 36, 1802): Allegro molto
05. Symphony no.4 in B flat major (Opus 60, 1806): Adagio – Allegro vivace
06. Symphony no.4 in B flat major (Opus 60, 1806): Adagio – Allegro vivace
07. Symphony no.4 in B flat major (Opus 60, 1806): Allegro Vivace – trio
08. Symphony no.4 in B flat major (Opus 60, 1806): Allegro ma non troppo
Disc 3
01. Symphony no.6 in F major (Opus 68, 1806-1808): Allegro ma non troppo
02. Symphony no.6 in F major (Opus 68, 1806-1808): Andante molto mosso
03. Symphony no.6 in F major (Opus 68, 1806-1808): Allegro
04. Symphony no.6 in F major (Opus 68, 1806-1808): Gewitter, sturm – Allegro
05. Symphony no.6 in F major (Opus 68, 1806-1808): Allegretto
06. Symphony no.5 in C minor (Opus 67, 1808): Allegro con brio
07. Symphony no.5 in C minor (Opus 67, 1808): Andante con moto
08. Symphony no.5 in C minor (Opus 67, 1808): Scherzo Allegro
09. Symphony no.5 in C minor (Opus 67, 1808): Allegro
Disc 4
01. Symphony no.8 in F major (Opus 93, 1812): Allegro vivace e con brio
02. Symphony no.8 in F major (Opus 93, 1812): Allegretto scherzando
03. Symphony no.8 in F major (Opus 93, 1812): Tempo di menuetto
04. Symphony no.8 in F major (Opus 93, 1812): Allegro vivace
05. Symphony no.7 in A major (Opus 92, 1812): Poco sostenuto – vivace
06. Symphony no.7 in A major (Opus 92, 1812): Allegretto
07. Symphony no.7 in A major (Opus 92, 1812): Presto – assaimeno presto
08. Symphony no.7 in A major (Opus 92, 1812): Allegro con brio
Disc 5
01. Symphony no.9 in D minor (Opus 125, 1824): Allegro ma non troppo
02. Symphony no.9 in D minor (Opus 125, 1824): Molto vivace
03. Symphony no.9 in D minor (Opus 125, 1824): Adagio molto e cantabile
04. Symphony no.9 in D minor (Opus 125, 1824): Presto
05. Symphony no.9 in D minor (Opus 125, 1824): O Freunde
06. Symphony no.9 in D minor (Opus 125, 1824): Allegro assai
07. Symphony no.9 in D minor (Opus 125, 1824): Alla marcia
08. Symphony no.9 in D minor (Opus 125, 1824): Andante maestoso
09. Symphony no.9 in D minor (Opus 125, 1824): Allegro energico
10. Symphony no.9 in D minor (Opus 125, 1824): Allegro ma non tanto

Personnel:
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
Frans Brüggen, conductor
with (on Symphony no. 9):
Rebecca Nash, soprano
Wilke te Brummelstroete, mezzo-soprano
Marcel Beekman, tenor
Michael Tews, bass

Note:
Recorded live in Rotterdam (de Doelen), Netherlands, in October 2011
Produced and Engineered by Studio van Schuppen.

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