Herbert von Karajan - Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (1963) [2003 SACD]

Tracks:



Disc 1
Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21:
1] 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2] 2. Andante cantabile con moto
3] 3. Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace
4] 4. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 36:
5] 1. Adagio - Allegro con brio
6] 2. Larghetto
7] 3. Scherzo. Allegro
8] 4. Allegro molto



Disc 2
Symphony no. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 "Eroica":
1] 1. Allegro con brio
2] 2. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
3] 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
4] 4. Finale. Allegro molto
Symphony no. 4 in B flat major, op. 60:
5] 1. Adagio - Allegro vivace
6] 2. Adagio
7] 3. Allegro vivace
8] 4. Allegro ma non troppo



Disc 3
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67:
1] 1. Allegro con brio
2] 2. Andante con moto
3] 3. Allegro
4] 4. Allegro
Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral":
5] 1. Awakening of Cheerful Feelings upon Arrival in the Country. Allegro ma non troppo
6] 2. Scene by the Brook. Andante molto mosso
7] 3. Merry Gathering of Country Folk. Allegro
8] 4. Thunderstorm. Allegro
9] 5. Shepherd's Song: Happy and Thankful Feelings after the Storm. Allegretto



Disc 4
Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92:
1] 1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
2] 2. Allegretto
3] 3. Presto
4] 4. Allegro con brio
Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93:
5] 1. Allegro vivace e con brio
6] 2. Allegretto scherzando
7] 3. Tempo di Menuetto
8] 4. Allegro vivace



Disc 5
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125:
1] 1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
2] 2. Molto vivace
3] 3. Adagio molto e cantabile
4] 4. Presto
5] (4. cont.) Presto - "O friends, no more these sounds!". Final chorus from Schiller's "Ode to Joy"



Disc 6 (Bonus)
Symphonie No. 9 - Probe/Rehearsal:
1] 1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
2] 3. Adagio molto e cantabile
3] 4. Presto

Personnel:

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Disc 1-5: Gundula Janowitz, soprano; Hilde Rössel-Majdan, contralto; Waldemar Kmentt, tenor; Walter Berry, baritone; Wiener Singverein (Chorus master: Reinhold Schmidt).
Disc 6 (Bonus): Wiener Singverein.