Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

CD1

1. Symphony No.1 in C major Op.21 : I Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No.1 in C major Op.21 : II Andante cantabile con moto
3. Symphony No.1 in C major Op.21 : III Menuetto - Allegro molto e vivace
4. Symphony No.1 in C major Op.21 : IV Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
5. Symphony No.2 in D major Op.36 : I Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
6. Symphony No.2 in D major Op.36 : II Larghetto
7. Symphony No.2 in D major Op.36 : III Scherzo - Allegro
8. Symphony No.2 in D major Op.36 : IV Allegro molto

CD2

1. Symphony No.3 in E flat major Op.55, 'Eroica' : I Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No.3 in E flat major Op.55, 'Eroica' : II Marcia funebre - Adagio assai
3. Symphony No.3 in E flat major Op.55, 'Eroica' : III Scherzo - Allegro vivace
4. Symphony No.3 in E flat major Op.55, 'Eroica' : IV Finale - Allegro molto

CD3

1. Symphony No.4 in B flat major Op.60 : I Adagio - Allegro vivace
2. Symphony No.4 in B flat major Op.60 : II Adagio
3. Symphony No.4 in B flat major Op.60 : III Allegro vivace
4. Symphony No.4 in B flat major Op.60 : IV Allegro, ma non troppo
5. Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 : I Allegro con brio
6. Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 : II Andante con moto
7. Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 : III Allegro
8. Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 : IV Allegro

CD4

1. Symphony No.6 in F major Op.68, 'Pastoral' : I Allegro, ma non troppo
2. Symphony No.6 in F major Op.68, 'Pastoral' : II Andante molto mosso
3. Symphony No.6 in F major Op.68, 'Pastoral' : III Allegro
4. Symphony No.6 in F major Op.68, 'Pastoral' : IV Allegro
5. Symphony No.6 in F major Op.68, 'Pastoral' : V Allegretto

CD5

1. Symphony No.7 in A major Op.92 : I Poco sostenuto - Vivace
2. Symphony No.7 in A major Op.92 : II Allegretto
3. Symphony No.7 in A major Op.92 : III Presto
4. Symphony No.7 in A major Op.92 : IV Allegro con brio
5. Symphony No.8 in F major Op.93 : I Allegro vivace e con brio
6. Symphony No.8 in F major Op.93 : II Allegretto scherzando
7. Symphony No.8 in F major Op.93 : III Tempo di Minuetto
8. Symphony No.8 in F major Op.93 : IV Allegro vivace

CD6

1. Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125, 'Choral' : I Allegro, ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
2. Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125, 'Choral' : II Molto vivace
3. Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125, 'Choral' : III Adagio molto e cantabile
4. Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125, 'Choral' : IV Presto - Allegro assai - 'Ode to Joy'

“I waited a very long time to record the Beethoven symphonies,” said Daniel Barenboim when this cycle was first released in 2000. “I waited for the music to mature in me – or me in it – and to find an orchestra that not only did what I asked it to do, but which really felt every detail in the music exactly as I did at the moment we were playing it… This is the greatest joy that a conductor can have.”