Johan Botha, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Bertrand de Billy - Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 - Brahms: Rinaldo (2012)

Tracklist

01. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: I. Adagio molto - Allegro molto
02. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: II. Larghetto
03. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: III. Scherzo
04. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: IV. Allegro molto
05. Rinaldo, Op. 50: Zu dem Strande! Zu der Barke! (Chorus)
06. Rinaldo, Op. 50: O lasst mich einen Augenblick noch hier (Rinaldo)
07. Rinaldo, Op. 50: Stelle her der goldnen Tag Paradiese (Rinaldo)
08. Rinaldo, Op. 50: Sachte kommt! (Rinaldo, Chorus)
09. Rinaldo, Op. 50: Aber alles verkundet (Rinaldo, Chorus)
10. Rinaldo, Op. 50: Weh! Was seh' ich, welch ein Bild! (Rinaldo, Chorus)
11. Rinaldo, Op. 50: Zuruck nur! Zurucke! (Chorus)
12. Rinaldo, Op. 50: Zum zweiten Male (Rinaldo)
13. Rinaldo, Op. 50: Und umgewandelt seh' ich die Holde (Rinaldo, Chorus)
14. Rinaldo, Op. 50: Schon sind sie erhoret (Rinaldo, Chorus)
15. Rinaldo, Op. 50: Auf dem Meere - Segel schwellen (Chorus)
16. Rinaldo, Op. 50: Das erfrischet und verwischet (Rinaldo, Chorus)



A disc of popular and less well known works by Beethoven and Brahms, Bertrand de Billy again conducts the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, along with the Vienna State Opera Chorus and featuring tenor, Johan Botha in Rinaldo, Brahms’ Cantata for Tenor and Men’s Chorus. Bertrand de Billy’s recording of Beethoven’s third symphony on Oehms (OC621) was described by German magazine Fonoforum as ‘Beethoven for connoiseurs and musical spirits.’

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