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Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Release date: January, 2005

The Minnesota Orchestra with its Finnish music director, Osmo Vänskä, recorded the first volume in what will be one of the first complete cycles of Beethoven’s symphonies in Surround Sound.

Osmo Vänskä – described as ‘an exemplary Beethoven conductor, it's hard to think of anyone better at present’ (Andrew Clements in The Guardian) – has chosen to open his Beethoven cycle with Symphonies No.4 and No.5. The Fourth was on the program during the orchestra’s 2004 European tour in performances that were very warmly applauded by the critics: the Vänskä/Minnesota interpretation ‘bristled with energy and displayed a muscular, finely honed ensemble’ and ‘proved that the possibilities of the modern-instrument approach are not exhausted yet’ according to the British music press, and a German reviewer was struck by the symphony’s Finale (‘one could not imagine it played more vivaciously and grippingly’) as well as ‘the immensely rich’ dynamic contrasts of the performance as a whole – qualities that certainly are brought out in the Surround Sound version on the present disc.

As all our Surround Sound releases, this too is issued on a so-called hybrid disc playable on all CD-players in stereo. In first-class acoustics (Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis) and using the latest recording technology, our most experienced recording team have given free sonic rein to Osmo Vänskä and his Minnesota Orchestra in performances that are among the most exciting one can imagine!

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BIS-SACD-1416 Total Time: 67'03 – Release: Dec 2004

Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op.60
1. I. Adagio - Allegro vivace 11'20
2. II. Adagio 9'31
3. III. Allegro molto e vivace - Un poco meno allegro 5'59
4. IV. Allegro ma non troppo 6'37

Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67
5. I. Allegro con brio 7'32
6. II. Andante con moto 9'31
7. III. Allegro 4'44
8. IV. Allegro 10'38


EAN 7318599914169

Editor's Choice, Gramophone March 2005

10/10 and Disc of the Month (February 2005) Classics Today.com and Classics Today France.com

Orchestral CD of the Month, BBC Music Magazine, March 2005

10/10/10 ’Empfehlung’, Klassik Heute.de

Disc of the Month, Classic FM April 2005

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