Offer,Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
Pilar Lorengar (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Burrows (tenor) & Martti Talvela (bass)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Sir Georg Solti
Contents
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1974-05-14
- Recording Venue: Medinah Temple, Chicago
1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2. Andante cantabile con moto
3. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)
4. Finale (Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1974-05-18
- Recording Venue: Medinah Temple, Chicago
1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2. Larghetto
3. Scherzo (Allegro)
4. Allegro molto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1973-11-09
- Recording Venue: Medinah Temple, Chicago
1. Allegro con brio
2. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)
3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
4. Finale (Allegro molto)
Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1972-05-23
- Recording Venue: Krannert Centre, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1974-09-10
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1974-05-13
- Recording Venue: Medinah Temple, Chicago
1. Adagio - Allegro vivace
2. Adagio
3. Allegro vivace
4. Allegro ma non troppo
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1973-11-06
- Recording Venue: Medinah Temple, Chicago
1. Allegro con brio
2. Andante con moto
3. Allegro
4. Allegro
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1974-09-10
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
1. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande (Allegro ma non troppo)
2. Szene am Bach: (Andante molto mosso)
3. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Allegro)
4. Gewitter, Sturm (Allegro)
5. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm (Allegretto)
Beethoven: Overture "Leonore No. 3", Op. 72b
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1972-05-18
- Recording Venue: Krannert Centre, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1974-09-10
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
2. Allegretto
3. Presto - Assai meno presto
4. Allegro con brio
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1973-11-09
- Recording Venue: Medinah Temple, Chicago
1. Allegro vivace e con brio
2. Allegretto scherzando
3. Tempo di menuetto
4. Allegro vivace
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
- Pilar Lorengar (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Burrows (tenor), Martti Talvela (bass (vocal))
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1972-06-26
- Recording Venue: Krannert Centre, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.
I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
II. Molto vivace
III. Adagio molto e cantabile
IV. Presto - Allegro assai
Sir Georg Solti in Conversation with William Mann
- William Mann (narrator), Sir Georg Solti (narrator)
- Recorded: 1975
"How long had you been conducting Beethoven symphonies?"
"Which of the great Beethoven conductors of your youth..."
"Did you have to teach the Chicago Symphony..."