the symphonies 31xCD String Ensemble Media Near Mint

String Ensemble Media Near Mint (NM or M-) Sleeve Near Mint (NM or M-) Label Philips Year 1996 Country Europe Format CD

with Townsend's vocals ranging from vulnerable whispers to soaring operatic passages

80 (TrV 265)

or as part of a curated listening session

the symphonies 31xCD String Ensemble Media Near MintThis 5 CD set presents all nine Beethoven symphonies as conducted by Bernard Haitink with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, recorded in 1994. These symphonies chronicle Beethoven's artistic journey from Classical restraint to Romantic grandeurfrom the elegant First Symphony through the revolutionary scope of the Ninth. The symphonic form itself evolved through these nine works, and you're essentially hearing the birth of Romanticism unfold. Bernard