Beethoven and His Contemporaries, Vol. 2

 

Beethoven and His Contemporaries, Vol 2 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. Released 2021, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA

The program follows:

  • Luigi Cherubini, Lodoïska - Overture

  • Étienne-Nicolas Méhul, Symphony No. 1

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 5

  • Ignaz Holzbauer, Symphony in E flat major

  • Justin Heinrich Knecht, Symphony in G major: Le Portait musical de la Nature, ou Grand Simphonie.

  • Beethoven Symphony no. 6

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

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