Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 4 & 8; Méhul; Cherubini

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.