Die Symphonien

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1818) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) DIE SYMPHONIEN The Symphonies · Les Symphonies KARITA MATTILA, Sopran VIOLETA URMANA, Mezzosopran THOMAS MOSER, Tenor THOMAS QUASTHOFF, Bass Swedish Radio Choir · Eric Ericson Chamber Choir (Einstudierung/Chorus master/Chef des chœurs: Tönu Kaljuste) Berliner Philharmoniker · CLAUDIO ABBADO COMPACT DISC 1 [57’43] COMPACT DISC 2 [79’29] COMPACT DISC 3 [74’16] COMPACT DISC 4 [63’22] COMPACT DISC 5 [62’19] LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1802) SYMPHONY NO. 3 OP. 55 “EROICA” (1803) Title-page of a copy of the score, with corrections in Beethoven’s hand SYMPHONIE NR. 3 OP. 55 »EROICA« (1803) Titelblatt einer Partiturabschrift mit eigenhändigen Korrekturen Beethovens SYMPHONIE Nᴼ 3 OP. 55 «HÉROÏQUE» (1803) Page de titre d’une copie de la partition, avec des corrections de la main de Beethoven LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1814) SYMPHONY NO. 5 OP. 67 (1807–08) The famous theme from the opening movement is clearly identifiable in this sketch from 1805. SYMPHONIE NR. 5 OP. 67 (1807/08) Auf dem Skizzenblatt von 1805 ist das berühmte Thema des 1. Satzes deutlich zu erkennen. SYMPHONIE Nᴼ 5 OP. 67 (1807–1808) On reconnaît sur cette esquisse de 1805 le célèbre thème du premier mouvement. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1823) SYMPHONY NO. 9 OP. 125 (1823–24) Title-page of the first edition (1826) SYMPHONIE NR. 9 OP. 125 (1823/24) Titelblatt der Originalausgabe (1826) SYMPHONIE Nᴼ 9 OP. 125 (1823–1824) Page de titre de la première édition (1826) Recordings: Berlin, Philharmonie, Kammermusiksaal, 3/2000 (Nos. 1 and 2); Großer Saal, 12/1999 (Nos. 4 and 7), 3/2000 (Nos. 3 and 8), 4 & 5/2000 (No. 9), 5/2000 (Nos. 5 and 6) ℗ & © 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg Reproduction of the music examples by kind permission of Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel Cover Photos: KássKara Artist Photos: KássKara, Cordula Groth, Petra Goldmann Illustrations: Beethoven-Haus Bonn – H. C. Bodmer Collection (Umschlagseite innen, p. 7), Sammlungen der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien (p. 10), Beethoven-Haus Bonn (pp. 32, 64), Staatsbibliothek der Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin (p. 37), Archiv Breitkopf & Härtel, Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte, Berlin (p. 59) Design: WAPS, Hamburg Printed in the E. U. by Neef, Wittingen State-of-the-Art 96kHz 24-bit Recording and Digital Mixing Karita Mattila appears courtesy of ERATO Disques Also available on DVD-AUDIO Printed and Made in Germany ℗ 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIEN NOS.1&2 [Deutsche Grammophon logo] A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY ℗ 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg [57’43] Cover Photo: KássKara Made in Germany · Printed in the Netherlands CD: ℗ 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIEN NO.3 »EROICA« & NO.4 [Deutsche Grammophon logo] A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY ℗ 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg [79’29] Cover Photo: KássKara Made in Germany · Printed in the Netherlands CD: ℗ 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIEN NO.5 & NO.6 »PASTORALE« [Deutsche Grammophon logo] A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY ℗ 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg [74’16] Cover Photo: KássKara Made in Germany · Printed in the Netherlands CD: ℗ 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIEN NOS.7&8 [Deutsche Grammophon logo] A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY ℗ 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg [63’22] Cover Photo: KássKara Made in Germany · Printed in the Netherlands CD: ℗ 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIE NO.9 [Deutsche Grammophon logo] A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY Karita Mattila appears courtesy of ERATO Disques ℗ 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg Cover Photo: KássKara Made in Germany · Printed in the Netherlands CD: ℗ 2000 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY Comes in a slipcase with each disc in a digipak and 100-page booklet; liner notes in English (THE BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES) (“THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW TO DISCOVER IN BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONIES” Claudio Abbado in conversation with Wolfgang Schreiber), German (BEETHOVENS SYMPHONIEN) (»IN BEETHOVENS SYMPHONIEN KANN MAN IMMER ETWAS NEUES FINDEN« Claudio Abbado im Gespräch mit Wolfgang Schreiber), and French (LES SYMPHONIES DE BEETHOVEN) («ON PEUT TOUJOURS DÉCOUVRIR QUELQUE CHOSE DE NOUVEAU DANS LES SYMPHONIES DE BEETHOVEN» Un entretien avec Claudio Abbado (Propos recueillis par Wolfgang Schreiber)) CD 1 is also available individually as "" (471 487-2) CD 2 is also available individually as "" (471 488-2) CD 3 is also available individually as "" (471 489-2) CD 4 is also available individually as "" (471 490-2) CD 5 is also available individually as "" (471 491-2)