The Symphonies

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Luxembourg Solistes Européens & Christoph König

The Symphonies is a collection of orchestral works by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1799 and 1824. They trace Beethoven's development from classical forms to more personal, large-scale symphonic writing, with expanded orchestral forces and greater structural complexity that shaped later 19th century symphonic practice.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 1 in C Major, op. 21: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
    8:55
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 1 in C Major, op. 21: II. Andante cantabile con moto
    6:42
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 1 in C Major, op. 21: III. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace
    3:36
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 1 in C Major, op. 21: IV. Adagio. Allegro molto e vivace
    5:44
  5. 5.
    The Creatures Of Prometheus, op. 43: Overture
    5:09
  6. 6.
    The Creatures Of Prometheus, op. 43: IX. Adagio
    3:58
  7. 7.
    The Creatures Of Prometheus, op. 43: XVI. Finale. Allegretto
    6:19
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 2 in D Major, op. 36: I. Adagio molto. Allegro con brio
    12:01
  9. 9.
    Symphony no. 2 in D Major, op. 36: II. Larghetto
    9:46
  10. 10.
    Symphony no. 2 in D Major, op. 36: III. Scherzo. Allegro
    3:44
  11. 11.
    Symphony no. 2 in D Major, op. 36: IV. Allegro molto
    6:31

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony no. 3 in E‐Flat Major, Op.55 “Eroica”: I. Allegro con brio
    15:43
  2. 3.
    Symphony no. 3 in E‐Flat Major, Op.55 “Eroica”: II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
    13:18
  3. 4.
    Symphony no. 3 in E‐Flat Major, Op.55 “Eroica”: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio
    5:33
  4. 5.
    Symphony no. 3 in E‐Flat Major, Op.55 “Eroica”: IV. Finale. Allegro molto - Poco Andante - Presto
    10:49
  5. 6.
    Coriolan Overture, op. 62
    7:33
  6. 7.
    Symphony no. 4 in B‐Flat Major, op. 40: I. Adagio. Allegro vivace
    11:10
  7. 8.
    Symphony no. 4 in B‐Flat Major, op. 40: II. Adagio
    8:45
  8. 9.
    Symphony no. 4 in B‐Flat Major, op. 40: III. Allegro vivace
    5:29
  9. 10.
    Symphony no. 4 in B‐Flat Major, op. 40: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
    6:50

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Leonora Overture no. 3, op. 72
    13:48
  2. 4.
    Symphony No 5 in C Minor, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
    7:14
  3. 5.
    Symphony No 5 in C Minor, op. 67: II. Andante con moto
    9:01
  4. 6.
    Symphony No 5 in C Minor, op. 67: III. Scherzo. Allegro
    4:47
  5. 7.
    Symphony No 5 in C Minor, op. 67: IV. Allegro
    7:49
  6. 8.
    Symphony no. 6 in F Major, Op.68 “Pastoral”: I. Allegro ma non troppo
    8:42
  7. 9.
    Symphony no. 6 in F Major, Op.68 “Pastoral”: II. Andante molto mosso
    11:24
  8. 10.
    Symphony no. 6 in F Major, Op.68 “Pastoral”: III. Allegro
    4:54
  9. 11.
    Symphony no. 6 in F Major, Op.68 “Pastoral”: IV. Allegro
    3:25
  10. 12.
    Symphony no. 6 in F Major, Op.68 “Pastoral”: V. Allegretto
    9:25

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Egmont Overture, op. 84
    7:55
  2. 5.
    Symphony no. 7 in A Major, op. 92: I. Poco sostenuto. Vivace
    13:44
  3. 6.
    Symphony no. 7 in A Major, op. 92: II. Allegretto
    8:04
  4. 7.
    Symphony no. 7 in A Major, op. 92: III. Presto. Assai meno presto
    8:46
  5. 8.
    Symphony no. 7 in A Major, op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio
    6:55
  6. 9.
    Fidelio Overture, op. 72b
    6:11
  7. 10.
    Symphony no. 8 in F Major, op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con brio
    9:01
  8. 11.
    Symphony no. 8 in F Major, op. 93: II. Allegretto scherzando
    3:55
  9. 12.
    Symphony no. 8 in F Major, op. 93: III. Tempo di Menuetto
    5:04
  10. 13.
    Symphony no. 8 in F Major, op. 93: IV. Allegro vivace
    7:30

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 “Choral”: I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
    13:36
  2. 6.
    Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 “Choral”: II. Molto vivace
    13:09
  3. 7.
    Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 “Choral”: III. Adagio molto e cantabile
    11:40
  4. 8.
    Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 “Choral”: IV. Finale. Presto. Allegro assai. Andante energico, sempre ben marcato
    21:45
  5. 9.
    Symphony no. 10 in E‐Flat: I. Andante - Allegro - Andante (realised from the composer’s sketches by Dr. Barry Cooper)
    14:40

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