Various Artists - Beethoven - Legendary Recodings

Z okazji 250 rocznicy urodzin Ludwiga van Beethovena Sony Classical przygotował specjalny, unikalny zestaw 25 płyt, zawierający wybitne kreacje beethowenowskie.
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Lista utworów:
CD 1
1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 (Remastered) - Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Walter [1959]
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Remastered) - New York Philharmonic - Bernstein [1964]
CD 2
1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 (Remastered) - Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1964]
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 (Remastered) - Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1963]
CD 3
1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner [1959]
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (Remastered) - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner [1955]
CD 4
1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Remastered) - Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1962]
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (Remastered) - New York Philharmonic - Bernstein [1963]
CD 5
1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1958]
CD 6
1. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (Remastered) - Jascha Heifetz, violin; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1955]
2. Beethoven: Romance No. 1 in G Major, Op. 40 - Isaac Stern, violin; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Ozawa [1980]
3. Beethoven: Romance No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50 - Isaac Stern, violin; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Ozawa [1980]
CD 7
1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 (Remastered) - Glenn Gould, piano; Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Golschmann [1958]
2. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19 (Remastered) - Glenn Gould, piano; Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Bernstein [1957]
CD 8
1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 (Remastered) - Leon Fleisher, piano; Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1961]
2. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (Remastered) - Leon Fleisher, piano; Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1959]
CD 9
1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 in E-flat Major (Remastered) - Arhur Rubinstein, piano; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Leinsdorf [1963]
2. Beethoven: Choral Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 - Emanuel Ax, piano; New York Philharmonic - Mehta [1983]
CD 10
1. Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C Major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto" - Isaac Stern, violin; Leonard Rose, cello; Eugene Istomin, piano; Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy [1964]
2. Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in B-flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke" - Isaac Stern, violin; Leonard Rose, cello; Eugene Istomin, piano [1965]
CD 11
1. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1956]
2. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1956]
3. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138 - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1956]
4. Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1955]
5. Beethoven: Coriolan, Op. 62: Overture - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1956]
CD 12
1. Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost" - Isaac Stern, violin; Leonard Rose, cello; Eugene Istomin, piano [1969]
2. Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2 - Isaac Stern, violin; Leonard Rose, cello; Eugene Istomin, piano [1970]
CD 13
1. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5, Op. 24 "Spring" (Remastered) - Zino Francescatti, violin; Robert Casadesus, piano [1961]
2. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" (Remastered) - Zino Francescatti, violin; Robert Casadesus, piano [1958]
3. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 12 No. 1 (Remastered) - Zino Francescatti, violin; Robert Casadesus, piano [1958]
CD 14
1. Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 in A Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 69 (Remastered) - Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano [1983]
2. Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in D Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 102, No. 2 (Remastered) - Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano [1983]
CD 15
1. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight" - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1962]
2. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique" - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1962]
3. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1962]
CD 16
1. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3 - Murray Perahia, piano [1990]
2. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" - Vladimir Horowitz, piano [1972]
3. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux" - Murray Perahia, piano [1984]
4. Beethoven: Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise" - Murray Perahia, piano [1994]
CD 17
1. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" (Remastered) - Charles Rosen, piano [1964]
2. Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 "Funeral March" (Remastered) - Sviatoslav Richter, piano [1960]
CD 18
1. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1976]
2. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1960]
3. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1967]
CD 19
1. Beethoven: 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 - Igor Levit, piano [2015]
CD 20
1. Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 1 in F Major - Tokyo String Quartet [1991]
2. Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 4 in C minor - Tokyo String Quartet [1991]
3. Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 6 in B-Flat Major - Tokyo String Quartet [1992]
CD 21
1. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 "Rasumovsky" (Remastered) - Juilliard String Quartet [1964]
2. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3 "Rasumovsky" (Remastered) - Juilliard String Quartet [1964]
CD 22
1. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127 (Remastered) - Budapest String Quartet [1952]
2. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131 (Remastered) - Budapest String Quartet [1951]
CD 23
1. Beethoven: String Trio in D Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (Remastered) - Jascha Heifetz, violin; William Primrose, viola; Gregor Piatigorsky, cello [1960]
2. Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1 (Remastered) - Jascha Heifetz, violin; William Primrose, viola; Jakob Lateiner, piano [1964]
3. Beethoven: Serenade for Violin, Viola and Cello in D Major Op. 8 (Remastered) - Jascha Heifetz, violin; William Primrose, viola; Gregor Piatigorsky, cello [1960]
CD 24
1. Beethoven: Ah! Perfido, Op. 65 - New York Philharmonic - Schippers [1965]
2. Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85 (Christ on the Mount of Olives) - The Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy [1963]
3. Beethoven: Adelaide, Op. 46 - Jussi Björling, tenor; Frederick Schauwecker, piano [1955]
CD 25
1. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123 - New York Philharmonic - Bernstein [1960]