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Beethoven: Symphony No 5 - Les Siècles
HMM 902423 (harmonia mundi, CD)
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 54'39"
Tracks: 8
Booklet pages: 36
© 2020 harmonia mundi musique sas
Main country of recording: France
Country of manufacture: European Union
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Beethoven: Symphony No 5 - Les Siècles published on 7 November 2020
Listen: Gossec: Allegro molto (Symphonie à dix-sept parties) (track 8, 0:00-0:58)
Les Siècles
François-Xavier Roth, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67 (2019 Bärenreiter edition)
1 Allegro con brio
2 Andante con moto, più moto, tempo I
3 Allegro
4 Allegro, Tempo I (Scherzo), Allegro, Sempre più Allegro, Presto
François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829):
Symphonie à dix-sept parties in F, RH64 (2018 critical edition from the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles)
5 Maestoso - Allegro molto
6 Larghetto
7 Menuet
8 Allegro molto
Recorded in France in March 2017 at the Philharmonie de Paris (Beethoven) and February 2020 at La Seine Musicale, Boulogne-Billancourt (Gossec)