Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

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A consummate interpreter, Manze never plays fast and loose with tempos, nor with radically over-emphasised dynamics. The rigour of his period performance practice and expressive consideration... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 17th Jan 2020
Catalogue No: PTC5186814
Label: Pentatone
Length: 74 minutes

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Work length34:00

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NDR Radiophilharmonie
Andrew Manze

I. Allegro con brio

Track length7:34

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II. Andante con moto

Track length9:53

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III. Scherzo. Allegro

Track length5:07

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IV. Allegro

Track length11:26

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Work length40:06

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NDR Radiophilharmonie
Andrew Manze

I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace

Track length14:03

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II. Allegretto

Track length8:41

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III. Presto - Assai meno presto

Track length9:01

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IV. Allegro con brio

Track length8:21

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After their prize-winning Mendelssohn symphonies cycle and acclaimed Mozart symphonies album, the NDR Radiophilharmonie and its chief conductor Andrew Manze now present Beethoven’s Fifth and Seventh symphonies. While Beethoven’s Fifth is arguably the most famous symphony in the history of music, the Seventh counts as one of the most rhythmically-advanced pieces of nineteenth-century music; an “apotheosis of dance”, to quote Richard Wagner. Both works display Beethoven’s mastery of and audacious approach to musical form as well as the richness of his melodic invention, and are generally praised as paragons of symphonic composition. Andrew Manze brings his experience in the field of historically informed performance to the polished symphonic sound of the NDR Radiophilharmonie, providing an ambience that fits these early nineteenth-century works like a glove.

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April 2020

A consummate interpreter, Manze never plays fast and loose with tempos, nor with radically over-emphasised dynamics. The rigour of his period performance practice and expressive consideration brings clarity and freshness, the sound finely judged, full of breadth, never ploughing through the symphony’s vulnerable moments…Highly recommended.

March 2020

Honestly, it’s been a while since I’ve heard interpretations where everything seems to be in its right place. The NDR Radiophilharmonie play superbly for Manze, with characterful woodwind solos, welcome hints of period bite from brass and timpani, and a string tone of substantial body and lustre. The engineering, too, is beyond reproach. Enthusiastically recommended.

16th February 2020

The conductor’s period-instrument background manifests itself in swift, no-nonsense tempi...with cogent feeling for structure and pulsing rhythmic momentum that never sound hard-driven...And the strings never sound too plush or saturated, giving these performances a feeling of contemporary freshness and interpretative zest.

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

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