The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra / Jan Willem de Vriend
Complete Symphonies & Concertos (box set)
- Type CD
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917285628
- Catalog number CC 72856
- Release date 09 October 2020
About the album
What you have in your hands is a box with which Challenge Classics intends to make its contribution to the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven. It is a unique and completely original collection in the panorama of today’s discography, as it contains the complete corpus of the symphonies as well as all the works for (instrumental) soloist and orchestra, i.e. all the concertos. All the works recorded here are directed by a single conductor, Jan Willem de Vriend, at the head of a single orchestra, the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. It becomes clear that this aspect provides a unity, an organic force and therefore an authority that other collections featuring different directors cannot boast. Finally, all the recordings presented here were curated by Bert van der Wolf of Northstar Recording, one of the classical scene’s most innovative and capable sound engineers.
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11Symphony No. 4 op. 60 in B flat Major Adagio - Allegro vivace
11:45 -
12Symphony No. 4 op. 60 in B flat Major Adagio
08:19 -
13Symphony No. 4 op. 60 in B flat Major Allegro molto e vivace
05:41 -
14Symphony No. 4 op. 60 in B flat Major Allegro ma non troppo
07:10 -
15Symphony No. 6 Op. 68 (sinfonia pastorale) in F Major (1808) Allegro ma non troppo - Angenehme, heitere Empfindungen, welche bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande im Menschen erwachsen
11:30 -
16Symphony No. 6 Op. 68 (sinfonia pastorale) in F Major (1808) Andante molto moto - Szene am Bach
11:49 -
17Symphony No. 6 Op. 68 (sinfonia pastorale) in F Major (1808) Allegro - Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute
05:10 -
18Symphony No. 6 Op. 68 (sinfonia pastorale) in F Major (1808) Allegro - Donner. Sturm
03:51 -
19Symphony No. 6 Op. 68 (sinfonia pastorale) in F Major (1808) Allegretto - Hirtengesang. Wohltätige, mit Dank an die Gottheit verbundene Gefühle nach dem Sturm
09:12 -
21Symphony No. 1 Op. 21 in C Major (1799/1800) Adagio molto – Allegro con brio
10:01 -
22Symphony No. 1 Op. 21 in C Major (1799/1800) Andante cantabile con moto
04:01 -
23Symphony No. 1 Op. 21 in C Major (1799/1800) Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)
06:16 -
24Symphony No. 1 Op. 21 in C Major (1799/1800) Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace
08:29 -
25Symphony No. 5 Op. 67 in c minor (1808) Allegro con brio
08:58 -
26Symphony No. 5 Op. 67 in c minor (1808) Andante con moto
04:46 -
27Symphony No. 5 Op. 67 in c minor (1808) Allegro
06:36 -
28Symphony No. 5 Op. 67 in c minor (1808) Allegro
07:05 -
31Symphony No. 7 Op. 92 in A Major (1811/12) Poco sostenuto – Vivace
13:42 -
32Symphony No. 7 Op. 92 in A Major (1811/12) Allegretto
08:43 -
33Symphony No. 7 Op. 92 in A Major (1811/12) Presto
09:14 -
34Symphony No. 7 Op. 92 in A Major (1811/12) Allegro con brio
08:56 -
35Symphony No. 8 Op. 93 in F Major (1812) Allegro vivace e con brio
08:53 -
36Symphony No. 8 Op. 93 in F Major (1812) Allegretto scherzando
04:07 -
37Symphony No. 8 Op. 93 in F Major (1812) Tempo di Menuetto
04:41 -
38Symphony No. 8 Op. 93 in F Major (1812) Allegro vivace
07:41 -
41Symphony No. 2 Op. 36 in D Major (1801) Adagio – Allegro con brio
12:17 -
42Symphony No. 2 Op. 36 in D Major (1801) Larghetto
10:19 -
43Symphony No. 2 Op. 36 in D Major (1801) Scherzo: Allegro
04:51 -
44Symphony No. 2 Op. 36 in D Major (1801) Allegro molto
06:48 -
45Symphony No. 3 Op. 55 in E-flat Major “Eroica” (1803/4) Allegro con brio
16:46 -
46Symphony No. 3 Op. 55 in E-flat Major “Eroica” (1803/4) Marcia funebre: Adagio assai
12:49 -
47Symphony No. 3 Op. 55 in E-flat Major “Eroica” (1803/4) Scherzo: Allegro vivace
05:37 -
48Symphony No. 3 Op. 55 in E-flat Major “Eroica” (1803/4) Finale: Allegro molto
11:24 -
51Symphony No. 9 Op. 125 in d minor (1824) Allegro ma non troppo e un poco maestoso
14:45 -
52Symphony No. 9 Op. 125 in d minor (1824) Molto vivace
13:08 -
53Symphony No. 9 Op. 125 in d minor (1824) Adagio molto e cantabile
12:32 -
54Symphony No. 9 Op. 125 in d minor (1824) Finale: Presto
22:47 -
61Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat Major Op. 19 Allegro con brio
14:23 -
62Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat Major Op. 19 Adagio
07:29 -
63Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat Major Op. 19 Rondo: Allegro molto
06:11 -
64Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major Op. 15 Allegro con brio
17:49 -
65Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major Op. 15 Largo
10:13 -
66Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major Op. 15 Rondo: Allegro
08:50 -
71Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 Allegro con brio
17:10 -
72Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 Largo
07:47 -
73Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 Rondo: Allegro
09:41 -
74Concerto for violin, cello and piano in C major op. 56 (1803) “Triple Concerto” Allegro
16:55 -
75Concerto for violin, cello and piano in C major op. 56 (1803) “Triple Concerto” Largo (attacca)
04:48 -
76Concerto for violin, cello and piano in C major op. 56 (1803) “Triple Concerto” Rondo alla polacca
13:05 -
81Piano Concerto No. 4 Op. 58 in G Major (1807) Allegro moderato
17:23 -
82Piano Concerto No. 4 Op. 58 in G Major (1807) Andante con moto
04:52 -
83Piano Concerto No. 4 Op. 58 in G Major (1807) Rondo. Vivace
10:16 -
84Piano Concerto No. 5 Op. 73 in E flat Major (‘Emperor’) (1809) Allegro
20:04 -
85Piano Concerto No. 5 Op. 73 in E flat Major (‘Emperor’) (1809) Adagio un poco mosso
07:12 -
86Piano Concerto No. 5 Op. 73 in E flat Major (‘Emperor’) (1809) Rondo. Allegro
10:28 -
91Violin Concerto Op. 61 in D Major (1806) Allegro ma non troppo
25:04 -
92Violin Concerto Op. 61 in D Major (1806) Larghetto
08:52 -
93Violin Concerto Op. 61 in D Major (1806) Rondo (Allegro)
09:52 -
94Violin Romance No. 1 Op. 40 in G Major (ca. 1802)
06:26 -
95Violin Romance No. 2 Op. 50 in F Major (1805)
08:04