Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3

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The First Symphony receives one of the most enjoyable performances I have heard for a long time, and one of the most detailed. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th Oct 2009
Catalogue No: AV2185
Label: Avie
Series: Douglas Boyd Beethoven Symphony Cycle
Length: 74 minutes

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

Work length26:42

$5.00

$7.00

Manchester Camerata
Douglas Boyd

I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

Track length9:16

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$2.10

II. Andante cantabile con moto

Track length7:47

$1.50

$2.10

III. Menuetto, allegro molto e vivace

Track length4:04

$1.00

$1.40

Finale, adagio, allegro molto e vivace

Track length5:35

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'

Work length47:49

Album only

Manchester Camerata
Douglas Boyd

I. Allegro con brio

Track length16:01

Album only

II. Marcia funebre, adagio assai

Track length15:14

Album only

III. Scherzo, allegro vivace

Track length5:30

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$1.40

IV. Finale Allegro molto

Track length11:04

$2.00

$2.80

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Manchester Camerata under conductor Douglas Boyd offer the latest in their critically acclaimed Beethoven cycle, a vivid live recording of the First and Third Symphonies.

Manchester Camerata have made an indelible mark with their universally acclaimed series of recordings for Avie. With this release, their fifth for the label, they continue their Beethoven cycle with live versions of the First and Third Symphonies that capture the spirit and freshness of these remarkable, genrebusting works, as well as the excitement, atmosphere and energy of the 33-piece orchestra under their Music Director Douglas Boyd.

Manchester Camerata have become one of the finest, most innovative chamber orchestras in the UK, and Douglas Boyd has proven to be an eminent Beethovenian. Conducting the composer’s Fidelio at the 2009 Garsington Opera Festival, The Times noted “his grasp of Beethovenian idiom” and “pungent underlining of orchestral detail”, praising the musical performance as “sublime and exultant”. In addition to residencies at The Bridgewater Hall and The Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester Camerata perform extensively throughout the UK. Most recently they were heard by tens of thousands – in the Royal Albert Hall and on the airwaves – at their 2009 BBC Proms performance.

In a market crowded with Beethoven Symphonies, there is always room for a new recording as skilful and spirited as this one.

“Gutsy, powerful, vivid – this Mancunian Beethoven is something quite special” Gramophone

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January 2010

The First Symphony receives one of the most enjoyable performances I have heard for a long time, and one of the most detailed.

19th December 2009

[Boyd] draws lean, elegant playing in the classical mould...It’s as if every hint of Beethoven the Romantic revolutionary has been excised.

15th November 2009

These are refreshingly “straight” but compelling accounts of both symphonies, scrupulously observant of Beethoven’s dynamic markings and wonderfully transparent...Boyd sustains a remarkably expansive Funeral March, the emotional climax of the Eroica and the crowning achievement of this remarkable, collectable disc.

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3

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