Beethoven, Haydn & Brahms: Orchestral Works

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In this Van Beinum compilation, decent-ish early Decca sound conveys classy LPO playing in Beethoven’s Prometheus, plus the Concertgebouw’s quality in Brahms’s Haydn Variations. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 22nd Jun 2018
Catalogue No: ELQ4825505
Label: Eloquence
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

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Beethoven: Overture "The Creatures of Prometheus", Op. 43

Work length4:59

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum
Recorded: 1946-11-29
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138

Work length9:23

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum
Recorded: 1949-05-03
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

Work length13:36

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum
Recorded: 1952-02-25
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Beethoven: Fidelio Overture Op. 72c

Work length6:36

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum
Recorded: 1952-02-29
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Work length8:46

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum
Recorded: 1952-02-29
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

Work length8:58

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum
Recorded: 1952-02-29
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Beethoven: Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 124

Work length9:40

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum
Recorded: 1950-04-11
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43

Work length38:13

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum
Recorded: 1952-03-19
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Overture

Track length5:19

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2. Adagio - Allegro con brio

Track length2:43

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3. Allegro vivace

Track length2:01

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5. Adagio - Andante quasi Allegretto

Track length9:34

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9. Adagio

Track length4:03

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11. Andante

Track length5:01

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15. Andantino - Adagio – Allegro

Track length4:14

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16. Finale. Allegretto

Track length5:18

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Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G major 'Military'

Work length19:07

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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum
Recorded: 1946-11-29
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Adagio - Allegro

Track length6:24

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2. Allegretto

Track length4:34

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3. Menuet (Moderato)

Track length4:00

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4. Finale ( Presto)

Track length4:09

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Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'

Work length17:05

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum
Recorded: 1952-12-11
Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam

Theme: "Chorale St. Antoni"

Track length2:03

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Variation I: Poco più animato

Track length1:16

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Variation II: Più vivace

Track length0:55

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Variation III: Con moto

Track length1:39

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Variation IV: Andante con moto

Track length1:55

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Variation V: Vivace

Track length0:51

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Variation VI: Vivace

Track length1:11

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Variation VII: Grazioso

Track length2:45

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Variation VIII: Presto non troppo

Track length0:58

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Finale: Andante

Track length3:32

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A newly remastered collection of Decca and Philips recordings made by the under-rated Dutch conductor in Austro- German classics including a little-known account of Beethoven’s Prometheus Overture. The ballet music which Beethoven wrote to complement his overture was as little-heard in 1952 as it is now. Eduard van Beinum recorded eight numbers from the complete score, evidently enjoying the lighter side of the composer, as part of a growing and successful relationship with the London Philharmonic Orchestra now documented on Eloquence and complementing the work he did with his band ‘at home’, the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam.

As Niek Nelissen’s documentary essay details in the booklet, the LPO musicians were as keenly appreciative of Van Beinum’s unfussily musical good sense as many listeners at home; they noted how he achieved orchestral discipline without resorting to the tactics of contemporary tyrants of the podium and encouraged a natural fluency of phrasing. Under him the overtures Egmont, Coriolan, Consecration of the House, Prometheus, Fidelio and Leonore III do not sound like some lesser form of symphonic music, but the exciting curtain-raisers Beethoven intended them to be and which put the listener in the mood for a dramatic story. These 1949–52 recordings are complemented by a previous Prometheus Overture set down in Kingsway Hall in November 1946, in the same sessions as an ‘alert and biting statement’ (High Fidelity, November 1952) of the ‘Military’ Symphony by Haydn.

This collection ends with the work that Van Beinum put on record more often than any other composition: the Haydn Variations of Brahms. This is the third of his four studio recordings, made with the Concertgebouw in 1952.

‘Van Beinum and the Amsterdam orchestra give a beautifully sensitive performance throughout, considerably more alive than that of Furtwängler.’ Gramophone, May 1953 (Haydn Variations)

‘Van Beinum makes more of the music, gives a more confident and broad-based performance … The recording is excellent throughout ... detailed comparison shows that in almost every case the London players are superior.’ Gramophone, November 1952 (Prometheus ballet)

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January 2019

In this Van Beinum compilation, decent-ish early Decca sound conveys classy LPO playing in Beethoven’s Prometheus, plus the Concertgebouw’s quality in Brahms’s Haydn Variations.

Beethoven, Haydn & Brahms: Orchestral Works

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