Title: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5 Composer: BEETHOVEN
Musicians: Douglas Boyd, conductor
Manchester Camerata
Catalogue # AV0040
Price: £6.25 (budget price) + free postage
SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................................................... This is the Avie debut by Douglas Boyd and Manchester Camerata, a hair-raising live recording of Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 2 and No. 5. A BBC Music Magazine Benchmark, it's also "A bargain at a budget price," according to Classic fM Magazine.
TRACK LISTING .................................................................................................................................................................................... Ludwig Van BEETHOVEN (1770 - 1827)
Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36 (33:01)
1. I Adagio - Allegro con brio (12:18)
2. II Larghetto (10:58)
3. III Scherzo: Allegro (3:33)
4. IV Allegro molto (6:04)
Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67 (35:02)
5. I Allegro con brio (6:51)
6. II Andante con moto (9:29)
7. III Allegro (7:48)
8. IV Allegro (10:45)
Total time: 68:12
Recorded 14 February and 19 October 2002, live at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Producer: Andrew Keener
Engineers: Mike Hatch (Symphony No. 2), Simon Eadon (Symphony No. 5)
