Régis Pasquier, Emmanuel Leducq-Barôme, Baltic Chamber Orchestra - Essential Beethoven (2017)

Beethoven's symphonies, quartets, concertos, and piano sonatas are significant advances in their respective genres, revealing a passion marking the move from the classical to the romantic period. Naturally democratic, Beethoven strove to express his ideal of a world of freedom and equality. He rose from an adverse childhood in Germany, making his way on charm and self-education (especially shown in his opera Fidelio and the famous "Symphony no. 9"), sometimes masking frustration with angry behavior. Beethoven was destined to become the "inventor" of "modern music," composing from a "seed" or "germ" idea rather than a full melody and treating rhythm in new ways (for example, the phase variations in the third symphony). ~ Blue Gene Tyranny

TRACKLIST
01. Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto - Inger Södergren
02. Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": II. Allegretto - Inger Södergren
03. Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": III. Presto agitato - Inger Södergren
04. Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 23 "Appassionata": I. Allegro assai - Inger Södergren
05. Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 23 "Appassionata": II. Adante con moto - Inger Södergren
06. Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 23 "Appassionata": III. Allegro ma non troppo-Presto - Inger Södergren
07. Piano Sonata No. 17, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest": I. Largo-Allegro - Inger Södergren
08. Piano Sonata No. 17, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest": II. Adagio - Inger Södergren
09. Piano Sonata No. 17, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest": III. Allegretto - Inger Södergren
10. Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 "Waldstein": I. Allegro con brio - Inger Södergren
11. Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 "Waldstein": II. Introduzione. Adagio molto - Inger Södergren
12. Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 "Waldstein": III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato. Prestissimo - Inger Södergren
13. Egmont, Op. 84: Overture. Sostenuto, ma non troppo-Allegro-Allegro con brio - London Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Lizzio
14. Coriolanus Overture, Op. 62 - London Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Lizzio
15. Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture - Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana, Anton Nanut
16. Symphony No. 9, Op. 125: I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso - Great Festival Orchestra, Alberto Lizzio
17. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio - Moscow Large Symphony Orchestra
18. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante con moto - Moscow Large Symphony Orchestra
19. Romance in G Major, Op. 40 - Régis Pasquier, Emmanuel Leducq-Barôme, Baltic Chamber Orchestra
20. Romance in F Major, Op. 50 - Régis Pasquier, Emmanuel Leducq-Barôme, Baltic Chamber Orchestra