Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 6 / Vanska
) | Label: BIS Catalog: SACD1716 Format: SACD Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo VänskäLudwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C major, Op.21; Symphony No.6 in F major, 'Pastoral', Op.68 Together, Symphonies Nos 1 and 6 make up the fourth installment of the Beethoven cycle of Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra, a cycle which has received almost universal praise. It follows upon a Ninth Symphony which the reviewer in BBC Music Magazine termed 'a Beethoven Ninth of our times' and designated a benchmark recording, an Eroica containing 'one of the finest performances of the Funeral March ever recorded' (ClassicsToday.com), an Eighth described as 'terrifically taut, yet playful' (The Times, UK), and a Fourth and a Fifth which The Financial Times called 'the modern Beethoven recording par excellence'.  Price: $28.98 |