Beethoven / Elsner / Blomstedt - Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In celebration of Herbert Blomstedt's 90th Birthday in July 2017, Accentus Music releases a new Beethoven cycle that captures the spirit of the long-standing partnership between the legendary conductor laureate and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. All nine symphonies, released in a box set containing five CDs, are live recordings made at the Leipzig Gewandhaus between May 2014 and March 2017. Blomstedt's interpretations of Beethoven are based on a highly responsible handling of the scores and this conductor's deep love of the truth, in which everything that is superimposed and overtly effective is fundamentally removed. At the same time however, the performances embrace the ethical conscience of the artist with his deep, almost seismographic musical sensibility and a high expressivity. Herbert Blomstedt is currently Conductor Laureate of the San Francisco Symphony and Honorary Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony, Swedish Radio Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Staatskapelle Dresden. Album Tracks 1. I. Adagio Molto. Allegro Con Brio 2. II. Andante Cantabile Con Moto 3. III. Allegro Molto E Vivace 4. IV. Finale. Adagio. Allegro Molto E Vivace 5. I. Adagio. Allegro Con Brio 6. II. Larghetto 7. III. Scherzo 8. IV. Allegro Molto 1. I. Allegro Con Brio 2. II. Adagio Assai 3. III. Scherzo 4. IV. Finale Allegro Molto 5. V. Adagio. Allegro Vivace 6. II. Adagio 7. III. Allegro Molto E Vivace 8. IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo 1. I. Allegro Con Brio 2. II. Andante Con Moto 3. III. Allegro 4. IV. Allegro 5. I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo 6. II. Andante Molto Moto 7. III. Allegro 8. IV. Allegro 9. V. Allegretto 1. I. Poco Sostenuto. Vivace 2. II. Allegretto 3. III. Presto 4. IV. Allegro Con Brio 5. I. Allegro Vivace E Con Brio 6. II. Allegretto Scherzando 7. III. Tempo