Colin Davis
Colin Davis – Beethoven Odyssey (12CD)
A master Beethoven conductor in his prime – a 12-CD set presenting the ‘London’ Beethoven recordings of Sir Colin Davis, including the Symphonies, a selection of Overtures, the five Piano Concertos (Stephen Kovacevich), Violin Concerto (Arthur Grumiaux) and the two Masses. These broadly-sung and spacious performances, unexaggerated yet alive, are collected together for the first time.
CD 1
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
- Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21*°
- Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36*
- Overture – Leonore No. 3, Op. 72b*
- BBC Symphony Orchestra (Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- *FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA
- °PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED ON PHILIPS/DECCA
CD 2
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
- Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’*
- Overture – Coriolan, Op. 62°
- Overture – Leonore No. 1, Op. 138
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- *FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON DECCA
- °FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA
CD 3
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
- Overture – Egmont, Op. 84*
- Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60°
- Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93°
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- *FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA
- °FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON DECCA
CD 4
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
- Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
- Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON DECCA
CD 5
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
- Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’*
- Overture – Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus*
- Overture – Leonore No. 2, Op. 72a°
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- *FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA
- °PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
CD 6
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
- Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON DECCA
CD 7
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
- Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ‘Choral’
- Helen Donath, soprano
- Trudeliese Schmidt, mezzo-soprano
- Klaus König, tenor
- Simon Estes, bas
- Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks Josef Schmidhuber, chorus master Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Sir Colin Davis
CD 8
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
- Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
- Arthur Grumiaux, violin Concertgebouworkest
- Sir Colin Davis Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
- Stephen Kovacevich, piano
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
CD 9
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
- Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
- Stephen Kovacevich, piano
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- SIR COLIN DAVIS
CD 10
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
- Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 ‘Emperor’
- Stephen Kovacevich, piano
- BBC Symphony Orchestra (No. 3)
- London Symphony Orchestra (No. 5)
- Sir Colin Davis
CDs 11 & 12
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
- Mass in C major, Op. 86
- Christiane Eda-Pierre, soprano
- Patricia Payne, mezzo-soprano
- Robert Tear, tenor
- Kurt Moll, bass
- Leslie Pearson, John Constable, organ
- London Symphony Chorus
- Richard Hickox, chorus master
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Mass in D major, Op. 123 ‘Missa Solemnis’
- Anna Tomowa-Sintow, soprano
- Patricia Payne, mezzo-soprano
- Robert Tear, tenor
- Robert Lloyd, bass
- John Constable, organ
- London Symphony Chorus
- Richard Hickox, chorus master
- London Symphony Orchestra
