Heroic Beethoven (2×LP) - LP

Although this compilation double vinyl album is titled "Heroic Beethoven", its content spans a wide range of moods, from the deeply intimate to the grand and dramatic. Perhaps surprisingly, we find starkly contrasting works placed almost side by side – from the universally known piano bagatelle "Für Elise" to Beethoven's greatest symphonies and the Missa solemnis. Anyone who appreciates this concept is sure to be delighted, especially with a collection boasting so many illustrious names.

Renaud Capuçon / András Schiff, Rudolf Buchbinder, Stephen Kovacevich, Frank Braley / Artemis Quartet / Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Otto Klemperer, Bernard Haitink

Contents: LP 1 SIDE A Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 I. Allegro con brio 7.23 - Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Nikolaus Harnoncourt Coriolan Overture Op.62 8.02 - Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat Op.73"Emperor" I. Allegro (excerpts) - 3 opening 4.58 conclusion 1.51 /András Schiff piano / Staatskapelle Dresden / Bernard Haitink "Für Elise" in A minor WoO 59 2.43 / Rudolf Buchbinder piano Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125"Choral" IV. Finale (excerpt: Presto - Allegro assai "Ode to Joy") 7.01 / Charlotte Margiono soprano / Birgit Remmert mezzo-soprano / Rudolf Schasching tenor / Robert Holl bass / Arnold Schoenberg Chor chorus master Erwin O Symphony No.6 in F Op.68"Pastoral" I. Allegro ma non troppo 13.22 / Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Nikolaus Harnoncourt LP 2 SIDE A Symphony No.7 in A Op.92 II. Allegretto 8.11 IV. Allegro con brio 8.19 / Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Nikolaus Harnoncourt Symphony No.3 in E-flat Op.55"Eroica" II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai (excerpt) 4.23 / Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Nikolaus Harnoncourt Mass in D Op.123"Missa solemnis" II. Gloria in excelsis Deo 5.25 / Elisabeth Söderström soprano / Marga Höffgen contralto / Waldemar Kmentt tenor / Martti Talvela bass / New Philharmonia Chorus chorus master Wilhelm Pitz / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Ot SIDE B Piano Sonata No.14 in C-sharp minor Op.27 No.2 "Moonlight" I. Adagio sostenuto 6.35 III. Presto 7.06 / Stephen Kovacevich piano