FAVOURITES FROM THE CLASSICS - Beethoven Volume 2

Final issue in the “Favourites From The Classics” series, which ran for 25 editions.

3CD Set
Released October1996
Cat No.: RDCD1441-3 (RDC93111-3)
RD Code: BEE2 025

1         Splendour and Charm

1 - Romance In G For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 40, No. 1 - Philippe Koch, Violin, with the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt

Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 37

2 - 1st Movement: Allegro con brio

3 - 2nd Movement: Largo

4 - 3rd Movement: Rondo: Allegro

Dubravka Tomsic, Piano, with the Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Anton Nanut

Symphony No. 8 In F, Op. 93

5 - 1st Movement: Allegro vivace e con brio

6 - 2nd Movement: Allegretto scherzando

7 - 3rd Movement: Tempo di menuetto

8 - 4th Movement: Allegro vivace

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by René Leibowitz

2         Sentiment and Grandeur

Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’

1 - 1st Movement: Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio

2 - 2nd Movement: Adagio cantabile

3 - 3rd Movement: Rondo: Allegro

Peter Rösel, Piano

Symphony No. 3 In E Flat, Op. 55 'Eroica'

4 - 1st Movement: Allegro con brio

5 - 2nd Movement: Marcia funebre: Adagio assai

6 - 3rd Movement: Scherzo: Allegro vivace; Trio

7 - 4th Movement: Allegro molto; Poco andante; Presto

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by René Leibowitz

3         Elegance and Passion

Triple Concerto For Violin, Cello And Piano In C, Op. 56

1 - 1st Movement: Allegro

2 - 2nd Movement: Largo

3 - 3rd Movement: Rondo alla polacca

Philippe Koch, Violin, France Springuel, Cello and Daniel Blumenthal, Piano, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt

Sonata In F Minor, Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’

4 - 1st Movement: Allegro assai

5 - 2nd Movement: Andante con molto

6 - 3rd Movement: Allegro, ma non troppo

Peter Rösel, Piano

7 - Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 - National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt