Beethoven: Le 9 Sinfonie

Claudio Abbado was an Italian conductor. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, and principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra. He was made a Senator for life in the Senate of Italy in 2013.



CD 1: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.1 & 2
Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21 - Adagio molto - Allegro con brio - Andante cantabile con moto - Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace) - Finale (Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace) - Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36 - Adagio molto - Allegro con brio - Larghetto - Scherzo (Allegro) - Allegro molto - Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

CD 2: Beethoven: Symphony No.3; Overture ''Coriolan''
Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.55 -''Eroica'' - Allegro con brio - Marcia funebre (Adagio assai) - Scherzo (Allegro vivace) - Finale (Allegro molto) - Overture ''Coriolan'', Op.62 - Allegro con brio - Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

CD 3: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.4 & 5
Symphony No.4 in B flat, Op.60 - Adagio - Allegro vivace - Adagio - Allegro vivace - Allegro ma non troppo Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 Allegro con brio - Andante con moto - Allegro - Allegro - Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

CD 4: Beethoven: Symphony No.6; Meeresstille; Overtures ''Leonore II''
& ''Egmont'' - Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 -''Pastoral'' - Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande: Allegro ma non troppo - Szene am Bach: (Andante molto mosso) - Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Allegro) - Gewitter, Sturm (Allegro) - Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm: Allegretto - Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado - Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op.112 - Meeresstille: Poco sostenuto - 7. Glückliche Fahrt: Allegro vivace - Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Walter Hagen-Groll
8. Overture ''Leonore No.2'', Op.72
9. Music to Goethe s Tragedy ''Egmont'' op.84 Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

CD 5: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.7 & 8
Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92 - Poco sostenuto - Vivace - Allegretto - Presto - Assai meno presto - Allegro con brio Symphony No.8 in F, Op.93 Allegro vivace e con brio - Allegretto scherzando - Tempo di menuetto - Allegro vivace - Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado Beethoven: Symphony No.9 Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 - ''Choral'' - Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso - Molto vivace - Adagio molto e cantabile - Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado - Presto - Allegro assai - Gabriela Benackova, Marjana Lipovsek, Gösta Winbergh, Hermann Prey, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Walter Hagen-Groll