
48 songs (7 hours and 37 minutes) Released on January 1, 2007
Disc 1
1 | Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op.21 - 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 8:46 | |||||
2 | Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op.21 - 2. Andante cantabile con moto Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 7:52 | |||||
3 | Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op.21 - 3. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace) Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 3:42 | |||||
4 | Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op.21 - 4. Finale (Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace) Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 5:40 | |||||
5 | Beethoven: Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.36 - 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 13:05 | |||||
6 | Beethoven: Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.36 - 2. Larghetto Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 13:33 | |||||
7 | Beethoven: Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.36 - 3. Scherzo (Allegro) Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 3:41 | |||||
8 | Beethoven: Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.36 - 4. Allegro molto Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 6:35 |
Disc 2
1 | Beethoven: Symphony No.3 In E Flat Major, Op.55 -"Eroica" - 1. Allegro con brio Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 19:34 | |||||
2 | Beethoven: Symphony No.3 In E Flat Major, Op.55 -"Eroica" - 2. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai) Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 17:32 | |||||
3 | Beethoven: Symphony No.3 In E Flat Major, Op.55 -"Eroica" - 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 5:53 | |||||
4 | Beethoven: Symphony No.3 In E Flat Major, Op.55 -"Eroica" - 4. Finale (Allegro molto) Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 12:19 | |||||
5 | Beethoven: Overture "Egmont", Op.84 Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 8:52 | |||||
6 | Beethoven: Overture "Coriolan", Op.62 Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 8:09 |
Disc 3
1 | Beethoven: Symphony No.4 in B Flat Major, Op.60 - 1. Adagio - Allegro vivace Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 12:08 | |||||
2 | Beethoven: Symphony No.4 in B Flat Major, Op.60 - 2. Adagio Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 11:02 | |||||
3 | Beethoven: Symphony No.4 in B Flat Major, Op.60 - 3. Allegro vivace Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 5:24 | |||||
4 | Beethoven: Symphony No.4 in B Flat Major, Op.60 - 4. Allegro ma non troppo Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 6:44 | |||||
5 | Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C Minor, Op.67 - 1. Allegro con brio Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 8:17 | |||||
6 | Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C Minor, Op.67 - 2. Andante con moto Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 11:11 | |||||
7 | Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C Minor, Op.67 - 3. Allegro Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 5:31 | |||||
8 | Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C Minor, Op.67 - 4. Allegro Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 11:32 |
Disc 4
1 | Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F Major, Op.68 -"Pastoral" - 1. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande (Allegro ma non troppo) Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 12:31 | |||||
2 | Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F Major, Op.68 -"Pastoral" - 2. Szene am Bach: (Andante molto mosso) Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 13:23 | |||||
3 | Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F Major, Op.68 -"Pastoral" - 3. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Allegro) Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 5:20 | |||||
4 | Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F Major, Op.68 -"Pastoral" - 4. Gewitter, Sturm (Allegro) Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 3:46 | |||||
5 | Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F Major, Op.68 -"Pastoral" - 5. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm (Allegretto) Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 9:46 | |||||
6 | Beethoven: Overture "Leonore No.3", Op.72b Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 13:58 |
Disc 5
1 | Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92 - 1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 14:42 | |||||
2 | Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92 - 2. Allegretto Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 8:57 | |||||
3 | Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92 - 3. Presto - Assai meno presto Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 9:28 | |||||
4 | Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92 - 4. Allegro con brio Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 9:04 | |||||
5 | Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93 - 1. Allegro vivace e con brio Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 10:10 | |||||
6 | Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93 - 2. Allegretto scherzando Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 4:13 | |||||
7 | Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93 - 3. Tempo di menuetto Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 5:35 | |||||
8 | Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93 - 4. Allegro vivace Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 7:43 |
Disc 6
1 | Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 17:41 | |||||
2 | Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - II. Molto vivace Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 14:00 | |||||
3 | Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - III. Adagio molto e cantabile Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 19:49 | |||||
4 | Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D Minor, Op.125 - "Choral" - IV. Presto - Allegro assai Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton, Stuart Burrows, Martti Talvela, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti | 24:58 |
Disc 7
1 | Sir Georg Solti in Conversation with William Mann - "How long had you been conducting Beethoven symphonies?" William Mann & Sir Georg Solti | 4:57 | |||||
2 | Sir Georg Solti in Conversation with William Mann - "Which of the great Beethoven conductors of your youth..." William Mann & Sir Georg Solti | 5:39 | |||||
3 | Sir Georg Solti in Conversation with William Mann - "Did you have to teach the Chicago Symphony..." William Mann & Sir Georg Solti | 9:19 | |||||
4 | Sir Georg Solti in Conversation with William Mann - "Now the Eroica" Sir Georg Solti & William Mann | 4:58 | |||||
5 | Sir Georg Solti in Conversation with William Mann - "I wanted to ask you a question..." William Mann & Sir Georg Solti | 5:07 | |||||
6 | Sir Georg Solti in Conversation with William Mann - "The Seventh symphony...are there special problems..." William Mann & Sir Georg Solti | 3:53 | |||||
7 | Sir Georg Solti in Conversation with William Mann - "Now the Eighth..." Sir Georg Solti & William Mann | 5:46 | |||||
8 | Sir Georg Solti in Conversation with William Mann - "The Ninth is obviously..." Sir Georg Solti & William Mann | 6:08 |
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