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Sound quality seems to be the organising principle of Janowki’s interpretations...Although the WDR Symphony Orchestra may lack the luxe lustre of, say, the Berlin Philharmonic, they play with...

Beethoven: Complete Symphonies

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Marek Janowski

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Sound quality seems to be the organising principle of Janowki’s interpretations...Although the WDR Symphony Orchestra may lack the luxe lustre of, say, the Berlin Philharmonic, they play with...

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Release date: 9th Oct 2020
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue number: PTC5186860
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Genre:
- Symphonies

Contents and tracklist

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

Work length25:55

I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

Track length9:01

II. Andante cantabile con moto

Track length7:35

III. Minuet. Allegro molto e vivace - Trio

Track length3:30

IV. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace

Track length5:49

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

Work length32:46

I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

Track length12:12

II. Larghetto

Track length10:34

III. Scherzo. Allegro

Track length3:33

IV. Allegro molto

Track length6:27

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

Work length48:18

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I. Allegro con brio

Track length16:11

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II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai

Track length15:23

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III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

Track length5:41

IV. Allegro molto

Track length11:03

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60

Work length33:34

I. Adagio - Allegro vivace

Track length11:54

II. Adagio

Track length9:15

III. Allegro vivace

Track length5:41

IV. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length6:44

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

Work length33:31

I. Allegro con brio

Track length7:05

II. Andante con moto

Track length10:10

III. Scherzo. Allegro

Track length5:18

IV. Allegro

Track length10:58

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'

Work length39:27

I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande

Track length11:35

II. Scene am Bach

Track length10:24

III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute

Track length5:15

IV. Gewitter. Sturm

Track length3:47

V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm

Track length8:26

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

Work length39:28

I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace

Track length13:45

II. Allegretto

Track length7:42

III. Presto

Track length9:21

IV. Allegro con brio

Track length8:40

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93

Work length23:47

I. Allegro vivace e con brio

Track length8:29

II. Allegretto scherzando

Track length3:52

III. Tempo di menuetto

Track length4:21

IV. Allegro vivace

Track length7:05

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

Work length1:04:04

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Regine Hangler, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Christian Elsner, Andreas Bauer Kanabas
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, NDR Chor, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
Marek Janowski

I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

Track length14:25

II. Molto vivace

Track length14:00

III. Adagio molto e cantabile

Track length13:05

IV. Finale

Track length22:34

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Awards and reviews

February 2021

Sound quality seems to be the organising principle of Janowki’s interpretations...Although the WDR Symphony Orchestra may lack the luxe lustre of, say, the Berlin Philharmonic, they play with exceptional tonal refinement throughout – so much so that there’s nary a rough or ugly note in the set, even when one might want a hint of rusticity or edgy intensity…[The Fourth and Eighth symphonies are] not only the plums of this cycle, they stand near the top of a very tall heap of recorded performances.

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