The Symphony Collection

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HAYDN / BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / BRUCKNER / etc
The Symphony Collection
Royal Concertgebouw, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Berlin Philharmonic, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

[ Teldec Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Monday 12 October 2009

Gramophone has teamed up with WCJ to offer a special collection of many of the key symphonies of the repertoire in performances directed by this remarkable musician. The booklet also contains a five page interview between James Jolly and Rob Cowan, discussing Harnoncourt's unique contribution to music, and the reasons for their selections that make up this set.

"Under Harnoncourt the music's gently descending lines truly glow [in the Third], distinctively but never conspicuously, and the gradual 'dying away' is beautifully handled" (Gramophone)

Tracks:

Beethoven:
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Brahms:
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

Bruckner:
Symphony No. 7 in E Major

Dvorak:
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

Haydn:
Symphony No. 94 in G Major 'Surprise'
Symphony No. 104 in D major 'London'

Mendelssohn:
Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian'

Mozart:
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'

Schubert:
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'

Schumann:
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120