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Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 - Bernstein

Tower Universal Vintage  PROC-2269 (5 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Beethoven: 9 Symphonies, 4 Overtures

Gwyneth Jones, soprano
Hanna Schwartz, alto
René Kollo, tenor
Kurt Moll, bass
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (13)

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus - Overture, Op. 43 (The Creatures of Prometheus)
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio - Overture, Op. 72
• Ludwig van Beethoven: König Stephan - Overture, Op. 117 (King Stephen)
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore - Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'