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Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 - Bruggen

Esoteric  ESSD-90233/7 (5 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Beethoven: 9 Symphonies, Overtures to Coriolan and Egmont

Lynne Dawson, soprano
Jard van Nes, contralto
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Eike Wilm Schulte, baritone
Gulbenkian Choir, Lisbon
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor

All

Recording

PCM recording

Works (11)

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan - Overture, Op. 62
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont - Overture, Op. 84
• 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'