Mikhail Pletnev, Russian National Orchestra - Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies (5CD) (2007)
BAND/ARTIST: Mikhail Pletnev, Russian National Orchestra
- Title: Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies
- Year Of Release: 2007
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log)
- Total Time: 05:36:22
- Total Size: 1.37 Gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
CD 1
1. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: 2. Andante cantabile con moto
3. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: 3. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace - Trio
4. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: 4. Finale: Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
5. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: 1. Allegro con brio
6. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: 2. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
7. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio
8. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: 4. Finale. Allegro molto - Poco Andante - Trio
CD 2
1. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: 1. Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: 2. Andante con moto
3. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: 3. Allegro
4. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: 4. Allegro - Presto
5. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: 1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
6. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: 2. Allegretto
7. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: 3. Presto
8. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: 4. Allegro con brio
CD 3
1. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: 2. Larghetto
3. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: 3. Scherzo: Allegro - Trio
4. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: 4. Allegro molto
5. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60: 1. Adagio - Allegro vivace
6. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60: 2. Adagio
7. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60: 3. Allegro molto e vivace - Trio. Un poco meno allegro
8. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60: 4. Allegro ma non troppo
CD 4
1. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: 1. Angenehme, heiterer Empfindungen, welche bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande in Menschen
2. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: 2. Szene am Bach. Andante molto moto
3. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: 3. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro
4. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: 4. Donner. Sturm. Allegro
5. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93: 1. Allegro vivace e con brio
6. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93: 2. Allegretto scherzando
7. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93: 3. Tempo di Menuetto
8. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93: 4. Allegro vivace
CD 5
1. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: 1. Allegro ma non troppo e un poco maestoso
2. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: 2. Molto vivace - Presto
3. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: 3. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato
4. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: 4. Presto - Allegro assai
5. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: 1. Presto - "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" - Allegro assai - Allegro assai vivace (alla Marcia) - A
Performers:
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
CD 1
1. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: 2. Andante cantabile con moto
3. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: 3. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace - Trio
4. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: 4. Finale: Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
5. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: 1. Allegro con brio
6. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: 2. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
7. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio
8. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: 4. Finale. Allegro molto - Poco Andante - Trio
CD 2
1. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: 1. Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: 2. Andante con moto
3. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: 3. Allegro
4. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: 4. Allegro - Presto
5. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: 1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
6. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: 2. Allegretto
7. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: 3. Presto
8. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: 4. Allegro con brio
CD 3
1. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: 2. Larghetto
3. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: 3. Scherzo: Allegro - Trio
4. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36: 4. Allegro molto
5. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60: 1. Adagio - Allegro vivace
6. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60: 2. Adagio
7. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60: 3. Allegro molto e vivace - Trio. Un poco meno allegro
8. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60: 4. Allegro ma non troppo
CD 4
1. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: 1. Angenehme, heiterer Empfindungen, welche bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande in Menschen
2. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: 2. Szene am Bach. Andante molto moto
3. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: 3. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro
4. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: 4. Donner. Sturm. Allegro
5. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93: 1. Allegro vivace e con brio
6. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93: 2. Allegretto scherzando
7. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93: 3. Tempo di Menuetto
8. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93: 4. Allegro vivace
CD 5
1. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: 1. Allegro ma non troppo e un poco maestoso
2. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: 2. Molto vivace - Presto
3. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: 3. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato
4. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: 4. Presto - Allegro assai
5. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: 1. Presto - "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" - Allegro assai - Allegro assai vivace (alla Marcia) - A
Performers:
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Russia doesn't really have a Beethoven tradition that has made its mark on recordings, so this complete cycle of the nine symphonies from Pletnev and his Russian National Orch. is something of a milestone. Even Mravinsky, who showed flashes of inspiration as a Beethoven interpreter, gave us nothing close to a complete cycle. Yet no one could say that Pletnev's style is "typcially Russian" or typically anything else. He has thrown caution to the winds, following any whim that occurs to him. Since he has an original musical soul, the results are strange and wonderful, and totally unpredictable.
I am giving Pletnev's efforts five stars because the only alternative is to throw up my hands. There are times when the whole enterprise seems like an elaborate prank--witness the three different tempos that Pletnev applies to the first four bars of the Pastorale before deciding to race off at lightning speed, only to slam on the brakes thrity bars later. Balances are at times extremely different from the norm; there are sudden enormous slow downs, as in the Trio of the Eroica's Scherzo; Pletnev flirts with the lightness of the period movement, only to wallow the next moment in a voluptuous romanticism that would have made Mengelberg blush (only the wayward, brilliant Dutch conductor can be offered as a parallel). By comparison, Bernstien seems like the village priest.
I am giving Pletnev's efforts five stars because the only alternative is to throw up my hands. There are times when the whole enterprise seems like an elaborate prank--witness the three different tempos that Pletnev applies to the first four bars of the Pastorale before deciding to race off at lightning speed, only to slam on the brakes thrity bars later. Balances are at times extremely different from the norm; there are sudden enormous slow downs, as in the Trio of the Eroica's Scherzo; Pletnev flirts with the lightness of the period movement, only to wallow the next moment in a voluptuous romanticism that would have made Mengelberg blush (only the wayward, brilliant Dutch conductor can be offered as a parallel). By comparison, Bernstien seems like the village priest.
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