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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 4 & 8; Méhul; Cherubini
HMM 902448.49 (harmonia mundi, CD, 2 discs)
FIRST RELEASE (9 September 2022)
Tracks: 5 + 8
Booklet pages: 8
℗ 2022 harmonia mundi musique sas
© 2022 harmonia mundi musique sas
Main country of recording: Germany
Country of manufacture: European Union
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 4 & 8; Méhul; Cherubini published on 16 September 2022
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck, concertmaster
CD1
Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842):
1 Lodoïska. Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Symphony No 4 in B flat, Op 60
2 Adagio - Allegro vivace
3 Adagio
4 Allegro molto e vivace - Trio. Un poco meno allegro
5 Allegro ma non troppo
CD 2
Étienne Nicolas Méhul (1763-1817):
Symphony No 1 in G minor
1 Allegro
2 Andante
3 Menuet. Allegro - Trio
4 Finale. Allegro agitato
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony No 8 in F, Op 93
5 Allegro vivace e con brio
6 Allegretto scherzando
7 Tempo di Menuetto
8 Allegro vivace
Recorded in April and May 2021 at Teldex Studio Berlin, Berlin, Germany.