Beethoven - The Symphonies / Aug?r, Robbin, Rolfe Johnson, Reinhart, AAM, Hogwood
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Composer: Ludwig van BeethovenOrchestra: Christopher Hogwood
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 1997-06-24
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Symphony No. 1 In C Major, Op. 21: I. Adagio molto Allegro con brio
- Symphony No. 1 In C Major, Op. 21: II. Adante canabile con molto
- Symphony No. 1 In C Major, Op. 21: III. Menuetto & Trio: Allegro molto e vivace
- Symphony No. 1 In C Major, Op. 21: IV. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
- Symphony No.3 In E Flat Major, Op. 55 'Eroica': I. Allegro con brio
- Symphony No.3 In E Flat Major, Op. 55 'Eroica': II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai
- Symphony No.3 In E Flat Major, Op. 55 'Eroica': III. Schertzo: Allegro vivace
- Symphony No.3 In E Flat Major, Op. 55 'Eroica': IV. Finale: Allegro molto
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36: II. Larghetto
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36: III. Scherzo: Allegro
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36: IV. Allegro molto
- Symphony No. 6 In F Major, Op. 68 'Pastoral': I. Allegro ma non troppo
- Symphony No. 6 In F Major, Op. 68 'Pastoral': II. Adante molto messo
- Symphony No. 6 In F Major, Op. 68 'Pastoral': III. Allegro -
- Symphony No. 6 In F Major, Op. 68 'Pastoral': IV. Allegro -
- Symphony No. 6 In F Major, Op. 68 'Pastoral': V. Allegretto
- Symphony No. 4 In B Flat Major, Op. 60: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace - Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Symphony No. 4 In B Flat Major, Op. 60: II. Adagio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Symphony No. 4 In B Flat Major, Op. 60: III. Allegro vivace - Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Symphony No. 4 In B Flat Major, Op. 60: IV. Allegro ma non troppo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante con moto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67: III. Allegro - - Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Overture 'Coriolan', Op. 62
- Symphony No. 7 In A Major, Op. 92: I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
- Symphony No. 7 In A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegreto
- Symphony No. 7 In A Major, Op. 92: III. Presto
- Symphony No. 7 In A Major, Op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio
- Symphony No. 8 In F Major, Op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con brio
- Symphony No. 8 In F Major, Op. 93: II. Allegreto scherzando
- Symphony No. 8 In F Major, Op. 93: III. Tempo di menuetto
- Symphony No. 8 In F Major, Op. 93: IV. Allegro vivace
- Overture 'Egmont', Op. 84
- Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 'Choral': I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
- Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 'Choral': II. Molto vivace - Presto
- Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 'Choral': III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato
- Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 'Choral': IV. Presto - Allegro assai - Andante maestoso - Allegro energico, sempre be marcato - Allegro ma non tanto - Prestissimo
Free Music Notes for Beethoven - The Symphonies / Aug?r, Robbin, Rolfe Johnson, Reinhart, AAM, Hogwood
Free Music Review: Warm feelings towards this much loved set
Hit: 5 Stars
In the early 1980s I was indifferent to the use of period instruments in the music of Beethoven. I was very enthusiastic, to be sure, about the use of period instruments in Baroque and Renaissance music and I was rather partial to the sound of the Fortepiano in Mozart and Beethoven. I owned many of Collegium Aureum recordings of Mozart, J. C. Bach and Beethoven recorded in the 1970s and I enjoyed them a lot. I have a soft spot for the Collegium Aureum recording of the Triple Concerto of Beethoven, it is a favourite of mine and I've really never heard a recording I prefer over it. Strange, isn't it that Gardiner, Hogwood, Immerseel, Levin, Br?ggen, Norrington, Herreweghe and the other HIP conductors and performers haven't recorded it?
I digress. Whilst walking down Chapel Street in Prahran in Melbourne one sunny Sunday afternoon with a girlfriend I walked into a music shop. I'd recently bought a CD player and I was on the look out for some good Classical recordings. I noticed the Hogwood recording of the Eroica and I had a listen to this recording on the headphones. I was astonished. In the slow movement it was as if I could hear the orchestra actually breathing. The use of fortepiano basso continuo also impressed me with the subtle colours it gave to the orchestra. Yep! I bought the disc on the spot and the rest, as they say, is history.
I love the Hogwood set because he does as little standing in the way between you and me, the listeners, and Ludwig van Beethoven, the composer, as possible. Does this make any sense? Perhaps not. However, Hogwood seemed to entrust Beethoven's written music with his players and he lets this music be itself.
The performances are exciting and moving. I like every moment in this set except the tempo of the March section of the 4th movement of the 9th Symphony, which uses the erroneous metronome mark (the tactus should be halved).
This recordings stands up incredibly well against the more recent recordings by Gardiner and Br?ggen, for instance, although I think many may prefer Gardiner these days (and Br?ggen's recordings are very, very good, too).
The best HIP/period Beethoven symphonies? Hard to say, but I do like the sets by Norrington, Hogwood, Gardiner, Goodman and Br?ggen. As I said, I have some very warm feelings of affection for Christopher Hogwood's pioneering recordings of the Beethoven Symphonies. I bought this repackaged set a few years ago and I return to it often.
Beethoven - The Symphonies / Aug?r, Robbin, Rolfe Johnson, Reinhart, AAM, Hogwood Poster
Stylistically, Hogwood is on firm ground, and there is much to be said for his insights into the music. He prefers not to "conduct" the symphonies in the conventional manner, but to "coordinate" their performance as a musician of the period might have done. His Eroica and Pastorale are outstanding, and his Ninth most impressive. The symphonies were recorded in the order of their composition, and the sound is consistently good throughout. --Ted LibbeyClassical Music CDs
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