Claudio Abbado - Beethoven

Capbox, 10 CDs. Released as part of the Abbado box set series, this box set contains the 9 Symphonies, the piano concertos with Maurizio Pollini and the Triple Concerto with Alexander Lonquich, Ilya Gringolts, Mario Brunello as soloists. Other highlights include the Choral Fantasy with Yevgeny Kissin and “Ah! Perfido with Cheryl Studer, the overtures “Leonore No.2,” “Coriolan,” “Namensfeier,” the music to Goethe’s “Egmont,” “Die Weihe des Hauses“ and “Leonore Prohaska."

Tracklisting:

CD 1 – Beethoven: Symphony No.1 In C, Op.21; Symphony No.3 In E Flat, Op.55 -"Eroica"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2. Andante cantabile con moto
3. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)
4. Finale (Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 - "Eroica"
5. Allegro con brio
6. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)
7. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
8. Finale (Allegro molto)

CD 2 – Beethoven: Symphony No.2 In D, Op.36; Symphony No.4 In B Flat, Op.60
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2. Larghetto
3. Scherzo (Allegro)
4. Allegro molto
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60
5. Adagio - Allegro vivace
6. Adagio
7. Allegro vivace
8. Allegro ma non troppo

CD 3 – Beethoven: Symphony No.5 In C Minor, Op.67; Symphony No.6 In F, Op.68 -"Pastoral"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
1. Allegro con brio
2. Andante con moto
3. Allegro
4. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 - "Pastoral"
5. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande: Allegro ma non troppo
6. Szene am Bach: (Andante molto mosso)
7. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Allegro)
8. Gewitter, Sturm (Allegro)
9. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm: Allegretto

CD 4 – Beethoven: Symphony No.7 In A, Op.92; Symphony No.8 In F, Op.93
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
2. Allegretto
3. Presto - Assai meno presto
4. Allegro con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
5. Allegro vivace e con brio
6. Allegretto scherzando
7. Tempo di menuetto
8. Allegro vivace

CD 5 – Beethoven: Symphony No.9 In D Minor, Op.125 - "Choral"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 - "Choral"
1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
2. Molto vivace
3. Adagio molto e cantabile
4. Presto - Allegro assai
5. Presto - "O Freunde nicht diese Töne"

CD 6 – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 In C Major, Op.15; Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major, Op.19
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
1. Allegro con brio - Cadenza: Ludwig van Beethoven
2. Largo
3. Rondo (Allegro scherzando)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19
4. Allegro con brio - Cadenza: Ludwig van Beethoven
5. Adagio
6. Rondo (Molto allegro)

CD 7 – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 In C Minor, Op.37; Piano Concerto No.4 In G, Op.58
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
1. Allegro con brio - Cadenza: Beethoven
2. Largo
3. Rondo. Allegro - Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
4. Allegro moderato - Cadenza: Ludwig van Beethoven
5. Andante con moto
6. Rondo. Vivace - Cadenza: Ludwig van Beethoven

CD 8 – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 In E Flat Major Op.73 -"Emperor"; Concerto For Piano, Violin, And Cello In C, Op.56
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 - "Emperor"
1. Allegro
2. Adagio un poco mosso
3. Rondo (Allegro)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto For Piano, Violin, And Cello In C, Op.56
4. Allegro
5. Largo - attacca
6. Rondo alla Polacca

CD 9 – Beethoven: Music To Goethe's Tragedy "Egmont" Op.84; Ah Perfido!, Op.65; Overture "Leonore No.2", Op.72a; Fantasia For Piano, Chorus And Orchestra In C Minor, Op.80
Ludwig van Beethoven – Music To Goethe's Tragedy "Egmont", Op. 84
1. Ouverture - Sostenuto, ma non troppo - Allegro
2. Lied (Clärchen): "Die Trommel gerühret"
3. Entr'acte I - Andante - Allegro con brio
4. Lied (Clärchen) "Freudvoll und leidvoll"
5. Entr'acte III - Allegro - Marcia. Vivace
6. Entr'acte IV - Poco sostenuto e risoluto - Larghetto - andante agitato
7. Music, Marking The Death Of Clärchen - Larghetto
8. Melodram (Egmont) "Süßer Schlaf" - Poco sostenuto
9. Victory Symphony - allegro con brio
10. Ludwig van Beethoven – Ah! perfido, Op. 65
11. Ludwig van Beethoven – Overture "Leonore No.3", Op. 72b
12. Ludwig van Beethoven – Fantasia For Piano, Chorus And Orchestra In C Minor, Op. 80

CD 10 – Beethoven: Musik Zu "Die Weihe Des Hauses"; Musik Zu "Leonore Prohaska" WoO 96
1. Ludwig van Beethoven – Overture "The Consecration Of The House", Op. 124
Ludwig van Beethoven – Musik zu "Die Weihe des Hauses" (Carl Meisl) occasional play
2. Folge dem mächtigen Ruf der Ehre! (Chor)
3. Ohne Verschulden Knechtschaft dulden (Bariton, Sopran)
4. Du hast in deines Ärmels Falten (Chor)
5. No.4 Marcia alla turca
6. "Wo sich die Pulse jugendlich jagen" - "Laßt uns im Tanze" (Chor, Sopran)
7. Schmückt die Altäre (Chor)
8. Es wandelt schon das Volk im Feierkleide (Rezitation)
9. Mit reger Freude, die nie erkaltet (Bariton)
10. "Wir tragen..." - Will unser Genius..." - "Er ist's! Wir sind erhört!" (Chor / Bariton, Chor)
11. Heil unserm Kaiser! (Chor)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Musik zu "Leonore Prohaska" WoO 96 (Friedrich Duncker) / Leonore Prohaska
12. Wir bauen und sterben (Chor)
13. Es blüht eine Blume im Garten mein (Sopran)
14. Du, dem sie gewunden (Rezitation)
15. No.4 Trauermarsch

Boxset Dimensions: 4.8"x5"x0.4"