Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
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This release features former Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur, who conducted more than 150 performances in London and internationally during his tenure (2000-2007). Masur inaugurated the launch of the LPO label in 2005 with live performances of Shostakovich’s Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5. Sadly, Kurt Masur passed away in December 2015. This pair of concert recordings from 2004 pays tribute to his musical legacy: he conducted Beethoven with insight, cohesion, and these concert performences were conducted from memory. When audiences heard Beethoven’s First Symphony, they were struck by something new in the air- there is no mistaking its Beethovenian energy and dash. Released for the first time on the Orchestra’s Label, Symphonies 1 and 4 contribute to the expanding collection of Beethoven works on the label; the most recent being Beethoven’s Fifth conducted by Tennstedt. Often neglected between the more famous Third and Fifth, the Fourth Symphony is a jourous work which inspired many of Beethoven’s contemporaries, including Schumann and Berlioz. It’s propelled with unstoppable momentum and buoyancy, after a searching opening perhaps inspired by Haydn’s “Representation of Chaos.”
Disc: 1 |
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 | 00:25:00 |
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Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: I. Adagio molto |
00:08:14 |
Masur, Kurt
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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2 |
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: II. Andante can |
00:07:11 |
Masur, Kurt
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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3 |
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: III. Menuetto. |
00:03:12 |
Masur, Kurt
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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4 |
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: IV. Adagio - Al |
00:05:33 |
Masur, Kurt
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 | 00:34:00 |
5 |
Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: I. Adagio |
00:11:14 |
Masur, Kurt
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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6 |
Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: II. Adagio |
00:09:07 |
Masur, Kurt
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: III. Menue |
00:05:24 |
Masur, Kurt
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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8 |
Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: IV. Allegr |
00:06:40 |
Masur, Kurt
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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