Hans Rosbaud conducts Beethoven - Symphonies, Overtures, Concertos

Hans Rosbaud conducts Beethoven - Symphonies, Overtures, Concertos

SWR19089CD (SWR Classic, CD, 7 discs)

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Mono
DIGITALLY REMASTERED (15 May 2020)

Playing time: 60'42"/50'09"/77'59"/65'10"/73'33"/73'30"/44'45" - TT 445'48"
Tracks: 8 + 4 + 9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5
Booklet pages: 20
© 1953-62 SWR Media Services GmbH, 2020 Naxos Deutschland Musik & Video Vertriebs GmbH
Main country of recording: DE
Country of manufacture: AT
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Hans Rosbaud conducts Beethoven - Symphonies, Overtures, Concertos published on 21 June 2020


Listen: Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 3 (CD7 track 5, 12:18-13:14)

Ginette Neveu, violin (CD5, tracks 5-7)
Trio di Trieste: (CD6 tracks 1-3)
Dario de Rosa, piano
Renato Zanettovich, violin
Libero Lana, cello
Géza Anda, piano (CD6 tracks 4-6)
Südwestfunk-Orchester Baden-Baden (CD2-7)
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester (CD1)
Hans Rosbaud, conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven:

CD1

Symphony No 1 in C, Op 21 (recorded 24 February 1960)
1 Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2 Andante cantabile con moto
3 Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace
4 Finale. Adagio - Allegro molto

Symphony No 2 in D, Op 36 (recorded 27 April 1959)
5 Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
6 Larghetto
7 Scherzo. Allegro
8 Allegro molto

CD2

Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 55 (recorded 19-25 June 1959)
1 Allegro con brio
2 Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
3 Scherzo. Allegro vivace
4 Finale. Allegro molto

CD3

Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67 (recorded 23 June 1961)
1 Allegro con brio
2 Andante con moto
3 Allegro -
4 Allegro

Symphony No 6 in F, Op 68 (recorded 21 November 1957)
5 Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo
6 Szene am Bach. Andante molto moto
7 Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro -
8 Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro -
9 Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto

CD4

Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92 (recorded 10-15 September 1962)
1 Poco sostenuto - Vivace
2 Allegretto
3 Presto
4 Allegro con brio

Symphony No 8 in F, Op 93 (recorded 12 November 1956)
5 Allegro vivace con brio
6 Allegretto scherzando
7 Tempo di menuetto
8 Allegro vivace

CD5

Symphony No 8 in F, Op 93 (recorded 23 and 24 June 1961)
1 Allegro vivace con brio
2 Allegretto scherzando
3 Tempo di menuetto
4 Allegro vivace

Violin Concerto in D, Op 61 (recorded 25 September 1949)
5 Allegro ma non troppo
6 Larghetto
7 Rondo. Allegro

CD6

Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C, Op 56 (recorded 15 February 1953)
1 Allegro
2 Largo
3 Rondo alla Polacca

Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat, Op 73 (recorded 18 April 1956)
4 Allegro
5 Largo -
6 Rondo. Allegro

CD7

1 Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op 62 (recorded 22 December 1960)

2 Egmont Overture in F minor, Op 84 (recorded 23 December 1960)

3 Fidelio Overture in E, Op 72 (recorded 27 March 1957)

4 King Stephen Overture, Op 117 (recorded 22 June 1962)

5 Overture Leonore No 3 in C, Op 72a (recorded 8 September 1960)

Historic Recordings: Original SWR tapes 1953-1962 remastered.

Recorded in Studio V (later Hans-Rosbaud-Studio), Baden-Baden (CD1 tracks 1-4, CD2, CD3, CD4, CD5 tracks 1-4, CD6 and CD7), in Cologne (CD1 tracks 5-8) and in Kurhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany (CD 5 tracks 5-7).