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Orchestral Masterpieces - Wand

Altus  PALTSA-1004 (8 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Works by Beethoven, Bruckner, Schubert, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Günther Wand (conductor)

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Works (9)

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan, Op. 62 Overture
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84 Overture
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
• 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'
• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB 109
• Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 7 (8) in B minor, D 759 'Unfinished'