Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Beethoven

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Not long before he took up the principal conductorship of the London Symphony Orchestra in 1988, Michael Tilson Thomas recorded all of Beethoven’s symphonies with...

Not long before he took up the principal conductorship of the London Symphony Orchestra in 1988, Michael Tilson Thomas recorded all of Beethoven’s symphonies with another of the British capital’s leading ensembles, the English Chamber Orchestra, rounding off the cycle with a performance of the “Eroica” featuring New York’s Orchestra of St. Luke’s. A Gramophone reviewer wrote in 1985 that “Tilson Thomas’s ‘chamber versions’ … always throw new light on the strings/wind balance, giving us something closer to what Beethoven expected than we are used to … You can expect details to stand out which you had not noticed before”, while another, writing in 1987 on the sound of the Abbey Road Studio No. 1 recordings, found “plenty of weight and power … bright and immediate with a fine feeling of presence” and declared the Ninth “a splendid culmination to Tilson Thomas’s cycle”. The six albums of this first release in a single box also contain the conductor’s London recordings of Beethoven overtures, late choral works and the concert aria Ah! Perfido with soprano Eva Marton.



Product Description:

  • Release Date: March 13, 2020


  • UPC: 194397039627


  • Catalog Number: 19439703962


  • Label: Sony Masterworks


  • Number of Discs: 6


  • Period: Classical


  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven


  • Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Lukes, London Symphony Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, Tallis Chamber Choir


  • Performer: Eva Marton, Lorna Haywood, Suzanne Murphy, Carolyn Watkinson, Dennis O'Neill, Gwynne Howell



Works:

  1. Symphonies Nos. 1-9

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Tallis Chamber Choir

    Performer: Suzanne Murphy (Soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (Mezzo-Soprano), Dennis O’Neill (Tenor), Gwynne Howell (Bass)

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas


  2. Ah! perfido op. 65

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

    Performer: Eva Marton (Soprano)

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas


  3. 12 Contredanses for Orchestra WoO 14

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke’s

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas


  4. Egmont Overture op. 84

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas


  5. Opferlied op. 121a

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers

    Performer: Lorna Haywood (Soprano)

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas


  6. König Stephan op. 117

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas


  7. Elegischer Gesang op. 118

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas


  8. Bundeslied op. 122

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas


  9. Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt op. 112

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas