Eugen Jochum, London Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies (1979) [Japan 2017] [SACD / Tower Records – TDSA-43/48]

Title: Eugen Jochum, London Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies (1979) [Japan 2017]
Genre: Classical
Format: SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

The German conductor Eugen Jochum recorded the complete Beethoven symphonies in stereo three times: First on DG in the Fifties with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Bavarian RSO; then in the Sixties on Philips in the set we have here with the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam; and finally in the Seventies on EMI with the London Symphony Orchestra. This LSO cycle may not have as much fire as Jochum’s earlier Beethoven, but it has a fullness and richness of spirit unmatched in his younger efforts, better played and recorded than the previous ones.

discogs

Tracklist:

Disc 1
1. Symphony No.1 in C Op.21 – I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No.1 in C Op.21 – II. Andante cantabile con moto
3. Symphony No.1 in C Op.21 – III. Menuetto & Trio: Allegro molto e vivace
4. Symphony No.1 in C Op.21 – IV. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace
5. Symphony No.2 in D Op.36 – I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio
6. Symphony No.2 in D Op.36 – II. Larghetto
7. Symphony No.2 in D Op.36 – III. Scherzo & Trio: Allegro
8. Symphony No.2 in D Op.36 – IV. Allegro molto

Disc 2
1. Symphony No.3 in E flat Op.55 ‘Eroica’ – I. Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No.3 in E flat Op.55 ‘Eroica’ – II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai
3. Symphony No.3 in E flat Op.55 ‘Eroica’ – III. Scherzo & Trio: Allegro vivace
4. Symphony No.3 in E flat Op.55 ‘Eroica’ – IV. Allegro molto – Poco andante – Presto
5. Egmont Op.84 -Overture –
6. Coriolan Op.62 -Overture –

Disc 3
1. Symphony No.4 in B flat Op.60 – I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
2. Symphony No.4 in B flat Op.60 – II. Adagio
3. Symphony No.4 in B flat Op.60 – III. Allegro vivace – Trio: Un poco meno allegr
4. Symphony No.4 in B flat Op.60 – IV. Allegro ma non troppo
5. Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 – I. Allegro con brio
6. Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 – II. Andante con moto
7. Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 – III. Allegro
8. Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 – IV. Allegro – Presto

Disc 4
1. Symphony No.6 in F Op.68 ‘Pastoral’ – I. Allegro ma non troppo (Awakening of happy feelings on arriving in the country)
2. Symphony No.6 in F Op.68 ‘Pastoral’ – II. Andante molto mosso (By the brook)
3. Symphony No.6 in F Op.68 ‘Pastoral’ – III. Allegro – Sempre piu stretto – In tempo d’allegro – Tempo I – Presto (Merry gathering of the country folk)
4. Symphony No.6 in F Op.68 ‘Pastoral’ – IV. Allegro (Thunder and storm)
5. Symphony No.6 in F Op.68 ‘Pastoral’ – V. Allegretto (Shepherds’ song. Beneficent feelings with thanks to the Godhead after the Storm)
6. Fidelio overture Op.72b
7. Leonore No.3 Op.72a – Overture –

Disc 5
1. Symphony No.7 in A Op.92 – I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace
2. Symphony No.7 in A Op.92 – II. Allegretto
3. Symphony No.7 in A Op.92 – III. Presto – Assai meno presto
4. Symphony No.7 in A Op.92 – IV. Allegro con brio
5. Symphony No.8 in F Op.93 – I. Allegro vivace e con brio
6. Symphony No.8 in F Op.93 – II. Allegretto scherzando
7. Symphony No.8 in F Op.93 – III. Tempo di menuetto
8. Symphony No.8 in F Op.93 – IV. Allegro vivace

Disc 6
1. Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125 – I. Allegro non troppo, un poco maestoso
2. Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125 – II. Molto vivace – Presto
3. Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125 – III. Adagio molto e cantabile – Andannte moderato – Tempo I – Andante moderato – Adagio – Stesso tempo
4. Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125 – IV. Presto – Allegro assai – Presto – Recitativo – Allegro assai – Allegro assai vivace (alla marcia) – Andante maestoso – Adagio ma non troppo ma divoto – Allegor energico e

Personnel:

Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Julia Hamari (Alto), Stuart Burrows (tenor), Roberto Hol (bass)
London Symphony chorus, Richard Hickox – choir conductor
London Symphony Orchestra, Eugen Jochum – conductor

Note:

Recorded in 1977-1978 at Kingsway Hall & Abbey Road Studio, London.

Download: