George Szell conducts Beethoven Symphonies 1-9 & Overtures

#	曲目
CD1
1	Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio (2018 Remastered Version)
2	Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 II. Andante cantabile con moto (2018 Remastered Version)
3	Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 III. Menuetto – Allegro molto e vivace (2018 Remastered Version)
4	Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 IV. Finale. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace (2018 Remastered Vers
5	Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio (2018 Remastered Version)
6	Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 II. Larghetto (2018 Remastered Version)
7	Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 III. Scherzo – Allegro (2018 Remastered Version)
8	Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 IV. Allegro molto (2018 Remastered Version)
CD2
1	Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, Eroica (Remastered) I. Allegro con brio
2	Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, Eroica (Remastered) II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai (2018 R
3	Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, Eroica (Remastered) III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (2018 Remas
4	Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, Eroica (Remastered) IV. Finale. Allegro molto (2018 Remaster
CD3
1	Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 I. Adagio – Allegro vivace (2018 Remastered Version)
2	Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 II. Adagio (2018 Remastered Version)
3	Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace – Trio. Un poco meno allegro (2
4	Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 IV. Allegro ma non troppo (2018 Remastered Version)
5	Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b (2018 Remastered Version)
6	Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 I. Allegro con brio (2018 Remastered Version)
7	Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 II. Andante con moto (2018 Remastered Version)
8	Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 III. Scherzo – Allegro (2018 Remastered Version)
9	Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 IV. Allegro (2018 Remastered Version)
CD4
1	Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 Pastoral I. Allegro ma non troppo (2018 Remastered Version)
2	Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 Pastoral II. Andante molto moto (2018 Remastered Version)
3	Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 Pastoral III. Allegro (2018 Remastered Version)
4	Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 Pastoral IV. Allegro (2018 Remastered Version)
5	Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 Pastoral V. Allegretto (2018 Remastered Version)
CD5
1	Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace (2018 Remastered Version)
2	Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 II. Allegretto (2018 Remastered Version)
3	Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 III. Presto – Presto meno assai (2018 Remastered Version)
4	Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 IV. Allegro con brio (2018 Remastered Version)
5	Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 I. Allegro vivace e con brio (2018 Remastered Version)
6	Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 II. Allegretto scherzando (2018 Remastered Version)
7	Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 III. Tempo di Menuetto (2018 Remastered Version)
8	Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 IV. Allegro vivace (2018 Remastered Version)
CD6
1	Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 Choral I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso (2018 Remastere
2	Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 Choral II. Molto vivace (2018 Remastered Version)
3	Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 Choral III. Adagio molto e cantabile – Andante moderato (2018 Rem
4	Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 Choral IV. Finale (Final Chorus on Schiller’s Ode to Joy) (2018 R
CD7
1	Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (2018 Remastered Version)
2	Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (2018 Remastered Version)
3	Overture King Stephen, Op. 117 (2018 Remastered Version)
4	Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a (2018 Remastered Version)
5	Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138 (2018 Remastered Version)
6	Fidelio, Op. 72 Overture (2018 Remastered Version)

专辑简介

美国指挥家 George Szell 指挥克里夫兰管弦乐团演奏贝多芬交响曲及序曲，交响曲录音于 1959 到 1964 年，序曲录音于 1966 和 1967 年。1992 年 Sony 发行 CD 套装，目前已停止发行。
这份 60 年代的录音是最早的贝多芬交响曲立体声录音之一，发行几十年来获得了媒体和听众颇高的评价。1992 年发行的这套 CD 的音质也比以往有很大的提升。九部交响曲没有一处是短板，第一、第二、第五至第八都属于最出色的演绎。
固然，任何一套贝多芬交响曲录音都无法称作完美，但假如你只能收藏一套贝多芬交响曲的话，Szell 的这一套经典应当是首选。