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The least famous of Beethoven's symphonies? Yet these two works are genuine tours de force: the composer takes the listener on a journey whose destination never seems to be known in advance, one brimming over with structural innovations subtly brought out in this interpretation by the musicians of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. This recording is also an opportunity to discover just how clearly Cherubini's music prefigured that of Beethoven, whereas Méhul's symphony is a response à la française to the German composer.
The least famous of Beethoven's symphonies? Yet these two works are genuine tours de force: the composer takes the listener on a journey whose destination never seems to be known in advance, one brimming over with structural innovations subtly brought out in this interpretation by the musicians of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. This recording is also an opportunity to discover just how clearly Cherubini's music prefigured that of Beethoven, whereas Méhul's symphony is a response à la française to the German composer.
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8
Artist: Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin
Format: CD
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DISC: 1

1. Cherubini: Lodoïska: Overture. Adagio - Allegro Vivace - Moderato - Allegro Vivace
2. Beethoven: Symphony No.4 in B-Flat Major, Op.60: I. Adagio - Allegro Vivace
3. Beethoven: Symphony No.4 in B-Flat Major, Op.60: II. Adagio
4. Beethoven: Symphony No.4 in B-Flat Major, Op.60: III. Allegro Molto E Vivace - Trio. Un Poco Meno Allegro
5. Beethoven: Symphony No.4 in B-Flat Major, Op.60: IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
6. Méhul: Symphony No.1 in G minor: I. Allegro
7. Méhul: Symphony No.1 in G minor: II. Andante
8. Méhul: Symphony No.1 in G minor: III. Menuet. Allegro - Trio
9. Méhul: Symphony No.1 in G minor: IV. Finale. Allegro Agitato
10. Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93: I. Allegro Vivace E Con Brio
11. Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93: II. Allegretto Scherzando
12. Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93: III. Tempo Di Menuetto
13. Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93: IV. Allegro Vivace

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The least famous of Beethoven's symphonies? Yet these two works are genuine tours de force: the composer takes the listener on a journey whose destination never seems to be known in advance, one brimming over with structural innovations subtly brought out in this interpretation by the musicians of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. This recording is also an opportunity to discover just how clearly Cherubini's music prefigured that of Beethoven, whereas Méhul's symphony is a response à la française to the German composer.
        
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