Beethoven and His Contemporaries, Vol. 1

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Beethoven and His Contemporaries, Vol. 1 concert. Performed 2020 at the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen. Bernhard Forck conducts the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. Directed for TV by Alexander Radulescu; produced for TV by Harald Letfus and Thomas Martin Salb. Released 2021, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA

The program follows:

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Symphony in F major

  • Beethoven, Symphony No 2

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Symphony in G major

  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 1

  • Wranitzky, Grande symphonie caractéristique pour la paix avec la République française

  • Mozart, Bastien und Bastienne—Intrada

  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 3

Here’s a trailer for Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Alas, there are strong suggestions here of DVDitis throughout:

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