Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'
The Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony (German: Pastorale), is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and completed in 1808. One of Beethoven's few works containing explicitly programmatic content, the symphony was first performed in the Theater an der Wien on 22 December 1808 in a four-hour concert.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._6_(Beethoven)
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6; Steven Stucky: Silent Spring RecommendedPittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
The energy in the Peasants’ Merrymaking and Storm is fiercely controlled, and the final Thanksgiving, if also on the fast side, moves steadily towards its conclusion, with colourful sonorities... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Engineered Album, Classical
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Beethoven: Complete Symphonies
RecommendedDanish National Concert Choir, Danish Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
I find these performances utterly fascinating, though it would be next to impossible to offer a comprehensive catalogue of the various colourful twists and turns that characterise Fischer’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th July 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Building a Library, January 2020, Recommended Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Symphonic Music
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Recording of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Orchestral (19th-century music)
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Nézet-Séguin’s conducting is efficient and often quite exciting, and the CO of Europe plays splendidly. Symphonies 1, 2, 4, 7, and 8 come off the best in this set, and I can recommend these... — More…
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Record Review, 16th July 2022, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Beethoven Révolution Vol. II
RecommendedSymphonies 6 to 9
Sara Gouzy (soprano), Salome Fischer (alto), Mingjie Lei (tenor), Manuel Walser (baritone), Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Jordi Savall
The performances were evolved over a series of ‘academies’ interrogating every aspect of the score. His interpretive decisions nonetheless feel organic rather than didactic…the finale of the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2022, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Orchestral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Building a Library, December 2022, Also Recommended - Beethoven 9
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Karl Böhm's Beethoven is a compound of earth and fire. His VPO recording of Beethoven's Sixth of 1971 dominated the LP catalogue for over a decade, and has done pretty well on CD on its various... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 6 and Op. 1, No. 3
RecommendedLeonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)
In the ‘Pastoral’, Ax had to contend with some ungrateful writing, notably in accompanying figures, but he is liberated [in Op. 1 No. 3], with trills and passagework sparkling effortlessly in... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 RecommendedAnnette Dasch (soprano), Eva Vogel (mezzo), Christian Elsner (tenor), Dimitry Ivashchenko (bass)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle
These performances are intensely alive and immensely invigorating. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th May 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2016, Disc of the month
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Musique Symphonique
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Beethoven: The Symphonies and reflections
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Jansons adopts...an approach which takes into consideration the historically informed approach of the last 30 years, but is still aware of what performances were like in the great German tradition...If... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2013, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies Kammerakademie Potsdam, Maria Bengtsson (soprano), Corinna Scheurle (mezzo-soprano), Dimitry Ivashchenko (bass), Mauro Peter (tenor), Collegium Vocale 1704
Kammerakademie Potsdam, Antonello Manacorda
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Beethoven - Complete Symphonies
RecommendedCharlotte Margiono (soprano), Birgit Remmert (alto), Ridolf Schasching (tenor), Robert Holl (bass)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Brimful of intrepid character and interpretative incident, this is surely one of the most stimulating Beethoven symphony cycles of recent times. As Harnoncourt himself states in the booklet:... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, July 2005, Budget Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Recording of the Year
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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