這套珍貴的貝多芬九大交響曲錄音,集結了眾多大師演出的版本,由音質優異的盤帶轉錄,多數錄音為世界首發CD版本.
指揮家陣容包含:卡拉揚(Karajan),蒙都(Pierre Monteux), Max Rudolf,弗列克賽(Ferenc Fricsay),福特萬格勒(Furtwangler), Josef Krips, 馬克維奇(Igor Markevitch),沙瓦利許(Wolfgang Sawallisch),克倫培勒(Otto Klemperer),普列特(Georges Prêtre),老克萊巴(Erich Kleiber), Oivin Fjeldstad.陣容堅強而且錄音品質優異,非常值得收藏的一套貝多芬交響曲錄音.
CD.1
Symphony No. 1 in C major op. 21
Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoiker
1966/08/28, Salzburg, Großes Festspielhaus, Live MONO
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes *
Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 36
Pierre Monteux, Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks
1960/10/01, Musikhalle, Hamburg, MONO
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes *
CD.2
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 55 "Eroica"
Max Rudolf, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
1967/12/20-22, Cincinnati, STEREO
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes *
Symphony No. 8 in F major op. 93
Pierre Monteux, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
1962/05/14 Mono
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes *
CD.3
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 55 "Eroica"
Ferenc Fricsay, RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
1961/02/05, Grosser Sendersaal of the Sender Freies Berlin, MONO
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes *
CD.4
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 55 "Eroica"
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Wiener Philharmoniker
1953/09/04, Herkulessaal, München, LIVE, MONO
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes *
CD.5
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 55 "Eroica"
Josef Krips, Orchestre National de la RTF
1958/9/18, LIVE, MONO
Festival du Septembre musical de Montreux Vevey LIVE
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes & SRG Archiven * *
Symphony No. 8 in F major op. 93
Igor Markevitch, Orchestre national de la RTF
Recorded in ORTF, Paris on January 6, 1955 (MONO)
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes & INA archives * *
CD.6
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major op. 60
Wolfgang Sawallisch, RTSI Orchestra, Recorded in Italy, 1964, LIVE, STEREO
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes *
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major op. 60
Otto Klemperer, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
1969/05/30, Herkulessaal, München, LIVE, STEREO
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes *
CD.7
Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 67
Otto Klemperer, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
1969/05/30, Herkulessaal, München, LIVE, STEREO
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes *
Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 67
Josef Krips, Orchestre national de la RTF
Live at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on October 10, 1957 (LIVE, MONO)
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes & INA archives * *
CD.8
Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 67
Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de la RTF
Live at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on Feb 1, 1960 (LIVE, MONO)
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes & INA archives * *
Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 67
Hermann Scherchen, Orchestra della Radio Svizzera Italiana
1965/02/24-26, Auditorium RTSI, Rete2, Lugano, STEREO
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes *
CD.9-10
Symphony No. 6 in F major op. 68 "Pastorale"
Erich Kleiber, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
1955/04/04, Saal 1, Funkhaus, WDR, Köln, MONO
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes *
Symphony No. 7 in A major op. 92
Josef Krips, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
1952/05/24, Kurhaus, Scheveningen, MONO
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes *
Symphony No. 8 in F major op. 93
Oivin Fjeldstad, Orchestre philharmonique de la RTF)
Recorded in ORTF, Paris on March 17, 1958 (MONO)
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes & INA archives * *
CD.11
Symphony No. 9 in D minor op. 125 "Choral"
Chorale Elisabeth Brasseur
Willma Lipp (S), Christa Ludwig (A), Waldemar Kmentt (T), Gottlob Frick (Bs)
Live at theatre des Champs-Elysees, April 25, 1960 (MONO)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
* Previously released on CDSMBA025
CD.12
Symphony No. 9 in D minor op. 125 "Choral"
Radio Suisse Romande Choir, Maria Stader (S), Margrit Conrad (A), Anton Dermota (T), Walter Berry (Bs)
Josef Krips, Orchestre national de l'ORTF
1965/8/28, Festival du Septembre musical de Montreux Vevey LIVE (STEREO)
* Private open reel-to-reel audio tapes & SRG Archiven **
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