BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos. 1 – 9 / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle 5cd

Symphony No.1 In C Op.21

1-1 I. Adagio Molto – Allegro Con Brio 8:36
1-2 II. Andante Cantabile Con Moto 7:07
1-3 III. Menuetto & Trio: Allegro Molto E Vivace 4:03
1-4 IV. Adagio – Allegro Molto E Vivace 5:43

Symphony No.3 In E Flat Op.55 ‘Eroica’

1-5 I. Allegro Con Brio 16:21
1-6 II. Marcia Funebre: Adagio Assai 15:14
1-7 III. Scherzo & Trio: Allegro Vivace 6:02
1-8 IV. Allegro Molto – Poco Andante – Presto 12:08

Symphony No.2 In D Op.36

2-1 I. Adagio Molto – Allegro Con Brio 12:03
2-2 II. Larghetto 10:20
2-3 III. Scherzo & Trio: Allegro 3:31
2-4 IV. Allegro Molto 6:13

Symphony No.5 In C Minor Op.67

2-5 I. Allegro Con Brio 7:24
2-6 II. Andante Con Moto 9:06
2-7 III. Allegro – 4:47
2-8 IV. Allegro – Presto 10:39

Symphony No.4 In B Flat Op.60

3-1 I. Adagio – Allegro Vivace 11:47
3-2 II. Adagio 9:53
3-3 III. Menuetto: Allegro Vivace – Trio: Un Poco Meno Allegro 5:28
3-4 IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo 6:43

Symphony No.6 In F Op.68 ‘Pastoral’

3-5 I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo 12:36
3-6 II. Andante Molto Mosso 12:20
3-7 III. Allegro – Sempre Più Stretto – In Tempo D’Allegro – Tempo I – Presto 5:24
3-8 IV. Allegro – 4:00
3-9 V. Allegretto 10:20

Symphony No.7 In A Op.92

4-1 I. Poco Sostenuto – Vivace 14:10
4-2 II. Allegretto 8:25
4-3 III. Presto – Assai Meno Presto 8:28
4-4 IV. Allegro Con Brio 8:55

Symphony No.8 In F Op.93

4-5 I. Allegro Vivace E Con Brio 9:29
4-6 II. Allegretto Scherzando 3:59
4-7 III. Tempo Di Menuetto 4:45
4-8 IV. Allegro Vivace 7:42

Symphony No.9 In D Minor Op.125

5-1 I. Allegro Non Troppo, Un Poco Maestoso 16:56
5-2 II. Molto Vivace – Presto 11:59
5-3 III. Adagio Molto E Cantabile – Andante Moderato – Tempo I – Andante Moderato – Adagio – Lo Stresso Tempo 17:03
5-4 IV. Presto – Allegro Assai – 6:19 5-5 Presto – Recitativo – Allegro Assai – Allegro Assai Vivace (Alla Marcia) – Andante Maestoso – Adagio Ma Non Troppo Ma Divoto – Allegro Energico E Sempre Ben Marcato – Allegro Ma Non Tanto – Presto – Maestoso – Prestissimo 17:40

Soprano – Barbara Bonney (tracks: 5-5)
Contralto – Birgit Remmert (tracks: 5-5)
Tenor – Kurt Streit (tracks: 5-5)
Baritone – Thomas Hampson (tracks: 5-5)
City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Chorus Master – Simon Halsey (tracks: 5-5)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor – Sir Simon Rattle

Recorded live: 29.IV–17.V.2002 (Symphony No. 9 12, 14 & 15.V.2002), Großer Musikvereinsaal, Vienna

Reissue on the Warner Classics label release 2013 or later because Warner acquired EMI in 2013. Each disc is housed in a card sleeve.

Manufactured and printed in the EU.