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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 performances... — 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 performances... — 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
5 CDs
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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
5 CDs + 2 Blu-ray Videos + Blu-ray Audio
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
RecommendedTwyla Robinson (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano), John Mac Master (tenor) & Gerald Finley (bass), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello) & Lars Vogt (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Bernard Haitink
a blazing performance of the Seventh Symphony that reaches a superbly disciplined and frenzied conclusion — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies Camilla Tilling (soprano), Kelley O'Connor (mezzo), Issachah Savage (tenor), Ryan McKinny (bass-baritone), National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Gianandrea Noseda
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Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies
Simona Šaturová (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (alto), Christian Elsner (tenor) & Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, MDR Rundfunkchor, GewandhausChor & GewandhausKinderchor, Herbert Blomstedt
Blomstedt’s Beethoven seems ‘right’: tempi are never too fast or too slow, but never staid, and phrasing is alive with rhythmic energy and cumulative momentum. His Leipzig players give their... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Best Collection
5 CDs
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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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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 & Overtures
RecommendedKaterina Beranova (soprano), Lilli Paasikivi (alto), Robert Dean Smith (tenor) & Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, GewandhausChor, GewandhausKinderchor & MDF Rundfunkchor, Riccardo Chailly
Readings focused entirely on the composer, not on debating how things ‘should’ sound...The playing is responsive and immaculate throughout, forming the backbone of Chailly’s brilliantly authentic... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd January 2012
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011, Disc of the Month
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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Harnoncourt - Beethoven
RecommendedGidon Kremer & Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Another absorbing set, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt bringing his impeccable, historically-informed sensibilities to the modern instruments of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. The Eroica is mightily... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Recording of the Year
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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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
6 CDs
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