グレート・シンフォニーズ（２５CD）

Great Symphonies

Performed by:
Various artists; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester, Staatskapelle Dresden and the Hanover Band amongst others.

Additional information:
• A budget collection with top (price) musicians! This set of 25 CD’s offers superb quality symphonic music equally superbly executed by outstanding orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester, Staatskapelle Dresden and the Hanover Band.

• The symphony is a Classical invention which developed into a the most important genre in “serious” music. This set offers important samples from Haydn, who was more or less the founder of the symphony, to Mahler. Performed by both main stream orchestras and ensembles playing on period instruments.

• What to expect? With all of his nine symphonies Beethoven in awe inspiring performances by the Staatskapelle Dresden under Blomstedt is at the heart of this set. Haydn’s last four symphonies are joined by the five main symphonies by Mendelssohn and Dvořák’s last two. And there is more

• This set is a joy to listen to and an invitation to come back to it again and again.

• Symphonies by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvořák, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert and Schumann

CD 1
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN ( 1732 - 1809 )
Symphonies 101 & 102
SYMPHONY No. 101 in D major "Clock"
1. Adagio-presto 8:21
2. Andante 8:17
3. Menuet & trio, allegretto 8:25
4. Finale, presto 4:31
SYMPHONY No. 102 in B flat major "Miracle"
5. Largo-allegro vivace 9:00
6. Adagio 6:10
7. Menuet & trio, allegro 6:49
8. Finale, presto 4:42

Total: 56:30

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN HAYDN ORCHESTRA,
Adam Fischer

CD 2
FRANZ JOSE HAYDN ( 1732 - 1809 )
Symphonies 103 & 104
SYMPHONY No. 103 in E flat major "Mit dem Paukenwirbel" (Drumroll)
1. Adagio-allegro con spirito 9:25
2. Andante più tosto allegretto 10:30
3. Menuet & trio 5:11
4. Finale, allegro con spirito 5:11
SYMPHONY No. 104 in D major "London"
5. Adagio-allegro 8:49
6. Andante 8:24
7. Menuetto & trio, allegro 5:18
8. Finale, spiritoso 6:41

Total: 59:38

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN HAYDN ORCHESTRA,
Adam Fischer

CD 3
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART ( 1756 - 1791 )
Symphonies 30-31-36
SYMPHONY No. 30 in D major KV 202
1. Molto allegro 6:04
2. Andantino con moto 5:11
3. Menuetto & trio 4:16
4. Presto 4:54
SYMPHONY No. 31 in D major KV 297 "Paris"
5. Allegro assai 8:32
6. Andante 5:41
7. Allegro 4:01
SYMPHONY No. 36 in C major KV 425 "Linzer"
8. Adagio-allegro con spirito 10:48
9. Andante 9:23
10. Menuetto 3:10
11. Presto 7:49

Total: 69:49

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
MOZART AKADEMIE AMSTERDAM,
Jaap Ter Linden

CD 4
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART ( 1756 - 1791 )
Symphonies 38 & 39
SYMPHONY No. 38 in D major KV 504 "Prague"
1. Adagio-allegro 13:49
2. Andante 11:36
3. Presto 8:01
SYMPHONY No. 39 in E flat major KV 543
4. Adagio-allegro 11:23
5. Andante con moto 8:01
6. Menuetto 3:54
7. Allegro 8:32

Total: 65:18

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
MOZART AKADEMIE AMSTERDAM,
Jaap Ter Linden

CD 5
WOLFGANG AMADUS MOZART ( 1756 - 1791 )
Symphonies 40 & 41
SYMPHONY No. 40 in G minor KV 550
(Second version with clarinets)
1. Molto allegro 7:30
2. Andante 9:53
3. Menuetto 3:49
4. Allegro assai 6:54
SYMPHONY No. 41 in C major KV 551 "Jupiter"
5. Allegro vivace 11:51
6. Andante cantabile 10:14
7. Menuetto 4:24
8. Molto allegro 9:02

Total: 63:41

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
MOZART AKADEMIE AMSTERDAM,
Jaap Ter Linden

CD 6
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ( 1770 - 1827 )
Symphonies 1 & 3
SYMPHONY No. 1 in C major Op. 21
1. Adagio molto-allegro con brio 9:03
2. Andante cantabile con moto 8:32
3. Menuetto, allegro molto e vivace 3:26
4. Finale. Adagio-allegro molto e vivace 6:09
SYMPHONY No. 3 in E flat major Op. 55 "EROICA"
5. Allegro con brio 15:02
6. Marcia funebre-adagio assai 16:47
7. Scherzo, allegro vivace 5:49
8. Finale, allegro molto 11:49

Total: 76:52

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN,
Herbert Blomstedt

CD 7
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ( 1770 - 1827 )
Symphonies 2 & 4
SYMPHONY No. 2 in D major Op. 36
1. Adagio molto-allegro con brio 13:05
2. Larghetto 12:33
3. Scherzo, allegro 4:06
4. Allegro molto 6:43
SYMPHONY No. 4 in B flat major Op. 60
5. Adagio-allegro vivace 12:09
6. Adagio 10:31
7. Allegro vivace 5:50
8. Allegro ma non troppo 7:10

Total: 72:25

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN,
Herbert Blomstedt

CD 8
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ( 1770 - 1827 )
Symphonies 5 & 6
SYMPHONY No. 5 in C minor Op. 67
1. Allegro con brio 8:05
2. Andante con moto 11:21
3. Allegro 8:53
4. Allegro-presto 8:52
SYMPHONY No. 6 in F major Op. 68 "Pastorale"
5. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande-Allegro ma non troppo 9:31
6. Szene am Bach-Andante molto mosso 12:40
7. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute-Allegro 5:44
8. Gewitter, Sturm-Allegro 3:42
9. Hirtengesang-Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm-Allegretto 9:51

Total: 78:55

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN,
Herbert Blomstedt

CD 9
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ( 1770 - 1827 )
Symphonies 7 & 8
SYMPHONY No. 7 in A major Op. 92
1. Poco sostenuto-vivace 13:31
2. Allegretto 9:57
3. Presto 9:45
4. Allegro con brio 9:03
SYMPHONY No. 8 in F major Op. 93
5. Allegro vivace e con brio 10:02
6. Allegretto scherzando 3:56
7. Tempo di Menuetto 4:47
8. Allegro vivace 7:50

Total: 69:06

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN,
Herbert Blomstedt

CD 10
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ( 1770 - 1827 )
Symphony No. 9
SYMPHONY No. 9 in D minor Op. 125
Mit Schlusschor über Schillers Ode An Die Freude
1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso 16:55
2. Molto vivace 13:48
3. Adagio molto e cantabile 16:24
4. Presto 25:09

Total: 72:18

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Helena Does, soprano
Marga Schiml, alto
Peter Schreier, tenor
Theo Adam, bass
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Chor der Staatsoper Dresden
STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN,
Herbert Blomstedt

CD 11
FRANZ SCHUBERT ( 1797 - 1828 )
Symphonies 8-5-3
SYMPHONY No. 8 in B minor D759
1. Allegro moderato 13:24
2. Andante con moto 9:55
SYMPHONY No. 5 in B flat major D485
3. Allegro 7:34
4. Andante con moto 8:37
5. Menuetto & trio: allegro molto 4:26
6. Allegro vivace 7:37
SYMPHONY No. 3 in D major D200
7. Adagio maestoso-allegro con brio 8:51
8. Allegretto 4:07
9. Menuetto & trio: vivace 3:56
10. Presto vivace 5:52

Total: 74:18

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
THE HANOVER BAND,
Roy Goodman

CD 12
FRANZ SCHUBERT ( 1797 - 1828 )
Symphony No. 9
SYMPHONY No. 9 in C major D944 'The Great'
1. Andante-allegro ma non troppo-piu moto 16:25
2. Andante con moto 14:54
3. Scherzo: allegro vivace 14:01
4. Allegro vivace 15:56

Total: 61:16

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
THE HANOVER BAND,
Roy Goodman

CD 13
FELIX MENDELSSOHN - BARTHOLDY ( 1809 - 1847 )
Symphonies 1 & 4
SYMPHONY No. 1 in C minor Op. 11
1. Allegro di molto 10:57
2. Andante 6:54
3. Menuetto 6:44
4. Allegro con fuoco 8:37
SYMPHONY No. 4 in A major Op. 90
5. Allegro vivace 11:19
6. Andante con moto 6:31
7. Con moto moderato 5:49
8. Saltarello, presto 5:19

Total: 62:15

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
RADIO KAMERORKEST,
Frans Brüggen
Live Recording.

CD 14
FELIX MENDELSSOHN - BARTHOLDY ( 1809 - 1847 )
Symphony No. 2
SYMPHONY No. 2 in B flat major Op. 52 "Lobgesang"
1. Sinfonia: Maestoso-allegro 11:58
2. Allegretto un poco agitato 5:52
3. Adagio religioso 5:14
4. Alles was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn (Chorus, soprano) 6:56
5. Saget es, die ihr erlöst seid.Er zählet unsre Tränen (Tenor, recitativo & solo) 3:01
6. Sagt es, die ihr erlöset seid (Chorus) 1:58
7. Ich harrete des Herrn (Sopranos I & II, chorus) 4:40
8. Stricke des Todes hatten uns umfangen (Tenor, soprano) 4:05
9. Die Nacht ist vergangen (Chorus) 4:21
10. Nun danket alle Gott (Chorus) 3:33
11. Drum sing ich mit meinem Liede (Tenor, soprano) 4:24
12. Ihr Völker! bringet her dem Herrn (Chorus) 5:30

Total: 67:10

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Annegeer Stumphius, soprano
Young-Hee Kim, soprano
Matthias Bleidorn, tenor
RADIO FILHARMONISCH KOOR & ORKEST,
Edo de Waart
Live Recording.

CD 15
FELIX MENDELSSOHN - BARTHOLDY ( 1809 - 1847 )
Symphonies 3 & 5
SYMPHONY No. 3 in A minor Op. 56 "Scottish"
1. Andante con moto-allegro un poco agitato 13:07
2. Vivace non troppo 4:07
3. Adagio 7:23
4. Allegro vivacissimo 8:22
SYMPHONY No. 5 in D major Op. 107 "Reformation"
5. Andante-allegro con fuoco 10:04
6. Allegro vivace 5:16
7. Andante-Choral: Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott! 11:06

Total: 59:29

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
RADIO KAMERORKEST,
Arnold Oestman (symphony 3)
Jos van Immerseel (symphony 5)
Live Recording.

CD 16
ROBERT SCHUMANN ( 1810 - 1856 )
Symphonies 1 & 3
SYMPHONY No. 1 in B flat major Op. 38 "Frühlingssymphonie"/ "Spring"
1. Andante un poco maestoso-allegro molto vivace 11:17
2. Larghetto 5:27
3. Scherzo (molto vivace) 5:28
4. Allegro animato e grazioso 8:28
SYMPHONY No. 3 in E flat major Op. 97 "Rheinische"/"Rhenish"
5. Lebhaft 8:49
6. Scherzo (Sehr mässig) 5:39
7. Nicht schnell 4:29
8. Feierlich 6:12
9. Lebhaft 5:42

Total: 61:01

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN-IN THE-FIELDS
Sir Neville Mariner

CD 17
ANTONIN DVORÁK ( 1841 - 1904 )
Symphony No. 8 & Serenade for Strings
SYMPHONY No. 8 in G major Op. 88
1. Allegro con brio 9:43
2. Adagio 11:38
3. Allegretto grazioso 6:00
4. Allegro ma non troppo 8:35
SERENADE FOR STRINGS Op. 22
5. Moderato 4:23
6. Tempo di valse 6:38
7. Scherzo 4:57
8. Larghetto 5:32
9. Allegro vivace 5:49

Total: 63:41

Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA,
Sir Yehudi Menuhin

CD 18
ANTONIN DVORÁK ( 1841 - 1904 )
Symphony No. 9
SYMPHONY No. 9 in E minor Op. 95 "From the New World"
1. Adagio-allegro molto 13:07
2. Largo 15:21
3. Scherzo, molto vivace 7:33
4. Allegro con fuoco 11:13
5. CARNIVAL OVERTURE Op. 92 9:33
6. SCHERZO CAPRICCIOSO Op. 66 14:52

Total: 71:55

Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA,
Paavo Järvi

CD 19
Symphony No. 1
SYMPHONY No. 1 in C minor Op. 68
1. Un poco sostenuto-allegro-meno allegro 12:40
2. Andante sostenuto 12:03
3. Un poco allegretto e grazioso 4:44
4. Adagio-piu andante-allegro non troppo ma con brio-piu allegro 17:04

Total: 46:31

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
NETHERLANDS PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Jaap van Zweden

CD 20
JOHANNES BRAHMS ( 1833 - 1897 )
Symphony No. 2
SYMPHONY No. 2 in D major Op. 73
1. Allegro non troppo 21:05
2. Adagio non troppo 9:52
3. Allegretto grazioso 5:30
4. Allegro con spirito 9:34

Total: 46:08

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
RADIO FILHARMONISCH ORKEST HOLLAND,
Jaap van Zweden

CD 21
JOHANNES BRAHMS ( 1833 - 1897 )
Symphonies 3 & 4
SYMPHONY No. 3 in F major Op. 90
1. Allegro con brio-un poco sostenuto-tempo I 9:56
2. Andante 8:30
3. Poco allegretto 6:00
4. Allegro-un poco sostenuto 8:48
SYMPHONY No. 4 in E minor Op. 98
5. Allegro non troppo 12:38
6. Andante moderato 10:43
7. Allegro giocoso 6:06
8. Allegro energico e passionato-piu allegro 9:26

Total: 72:09

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
NETHERLANDS PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Jaap van Zweden

CD 22
GUSTAV MAHLER ( 1860 - 1911 )
Symphony No. 2
SYMPHONY No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
1. Allegro moderato (Totenfeier) 20:52
2. Andante moderato 9:51
3. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung 10:31
4. Urlicht: sehr feierlich, aber schlicht 5:04
5. Finale: in Tempo des Scherzos 32:51

Total: 79:20

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Maria Orán, soprano
Jard van Nes, contralto
The Dutch Theatre Choir
RESIDENTE ORCHESTRA THE HAGUE,
Hans Vonk

CD 23
GUSTAV MAHLER ( 1860 - 1911 )
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 4 in G major
1. Bedächtig, nicht eilen 16:11
2. In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast 9:13
3. Ruhevoll 21:20
4. Sehr behaglich: "Wir geniessen die himmlische Freuden" (soprano solo on words from "Des Knaben Wunde 8:27
5. BLUMINE, symphonic movement 7:29

Total: 63:04

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Alexandra Coku, soprano
NETHERLANDS PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA,
Hartmut Haenchen

CD 24
GUSTAV MAHLER ( 1860 - 1911 )
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
1. Trauermarsch, in gemessenem Schritt, Streng, wie ein Kondukt 11:21
2. Stürmisch bewegt, mit grösster Vehemenz 13:18
3. Scherzo, kräftig, nicht zu schnell 16:21
4. Adagietto, sehr langsam 9:40
5. Rondo, finale 14:45

Total: 65:41

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
GEWANDHAUSORCHESTER LEIPZIG,
Václav Neumann

CD 25
GUSTAV MAHLER ( 1860 - 1911 )
Symphony No. 9
SYMPHONY No. 9 in D major
1. Andante comodo 24:48
2. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers, etwas täppisch und sehr derb 15:21
3. Rondo, burleske, allegro assai, sehr trotzig 13:10
4. Adagio 22:32

Total: 76:03

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
GEWANDHAUSORCHESTER LEIPZIG,
Václav Neumann