The Complete Symphonies

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden‐Baden und Freiburg & Michael Gielen

The Complete Symphonies is the complete set of nine symphonies by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1799 and 1824. They show Beethoven's shift from Classical forms to a more expansive Romantic style and have larger orchestral forces, strong contrasts, longer development sections and new formal ideas that influenced later symphonic writing.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
    8:33
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21: II. Andante cantabile con moto
    7:04
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21: III. Menuetto - Allegro molto e vivace
    3:18
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21: IV. Finale: Adagio - Allegro molto
    5:49
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55, "Eroica" I. Allegro con brio
    15:35
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55, "Eroica" II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai
    13:05
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55, "Eroica" III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
    5:43
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55, "Eroica" IV. Finale: Allegro molto
    10:08

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 36: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
    11:37
  2. 3.
    Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 36: II. Larghetto
    10:12
  3. 4.
    Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 36: III. Scherzo. Allegro
    3:38
  4. 5.
    Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 36: IV. Allegro molto
    6:23
  5. 6.
    Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
    14:22
  6. 7.
    Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: II. Allegretto
    8:22
  7. 8.
    Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: III. Presto
    8:52
  8. 9.
    Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio
    8:57

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Symphony no. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
    11:03
  2. 4.
    Symphony no. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60: II. Adagio
    8:55
  3. 5.
    Symphony no. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60: III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace
    5:50
  4. 6.
    Symphony no. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
    6:33
  5. 7.
    Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con brio
    8:40
  6. 8.
    Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93: II. Allegretto scherzando
    3:49
  7. 9.
    Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93: III. Tempo di menuetto
    4:30
  8. 10.
    Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93: Allegro vivace
    7:32

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
    6:59
  2. 5.
    Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: II. Andante con moto
    8:33
  3. 6.
    Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: III. Allegro
    4:43
  4. 7.
    Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: IV. Allegro
    10:51
  5. 8.
    Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68, "Pastorale": I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande (Awakening of joyful feelings upon arriving in the countryside): Allegro ma non troppo
    10:19
  6. 9.
    Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68, "Pastorale": II. Szene am Bach (Scene by the brook): Andante molto mosso
    12:35
  7. 10.
    Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68, "Pastorale": III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Cheerful gathering of country folk): Allegro
    5:13
  8. 11.
    Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68, "Pastorale": IV. Gewitter, Sturm (Thunderstorm): Allegro
    3:58
  9. 12.
    Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68, "Pastorale": V. Hirtengesang: Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm (Shepherd's song - happy and thankful feelings after the storm): Allegretto
    10:23

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125, "Choral": I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
    14:06
  2. 6.
    Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125, "Choral": II. Scherzo: Molto vivace - Presto
    14:27
  3. 7.
    Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125, "Choral": III. Adagio molto e cantabile
    13:26
  4. 8.
    Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125, "Choral": IV. Schlusschor aus Schillers Ode, "An die Freude" (Final chorus from Schiller's, "Ode to Joy") - Finale. Presto - Allegro assai - Presto - Rezitativo: "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne"
    22:35

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