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HERBERT KEGEL EDITION
Rösel · Funke · Büchner · Hargan · Kováts · Lorenz Leipzig Radio Chorus Berlin Radio Chorus · Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra · DRESDNER PHILHARMONIE
CD 1: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 "Eroica"
CD 2: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 43 · Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92
CD 3: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, op. 60 · Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67
CD 4: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral" · Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93
CD 5: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral"
Alison Hargan · Ute Walther · Eberhard Büchner · Kolos Kováts
Leipzig Radio Chorus · Berlin Radio Chorus
CD 6: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Concerto for piano, violin, cello and orchestra in C major, op. 56 "Triple Concerto"
Fantasia for piano, chorus and orchestra in C minor, op. 80 "Choral Fantasia"
Peter Rösel, piano· Christian Funke,violin· Jürnjakob Timm, cello · Leipzig Radio Chorus
CD 7: JOHANNES BRAHMS
A German Requiem, op. 45
Marie Anne Häggander, soprano· Siegfried Lorenz, baritone
Leipzig Radio Chorus · Berlin Radio Chorus · Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
CD 8: ALBINONI: Adagio in G minor· GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
GLINKA: Ruslan and Ludmilla- Overture· MUSSORGSKY: Khovanshchina – Entr'acte
GRIEG: Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34 · SIBELIUS: Valse triste, op. 44
WOLF-FERRARI: I Quattro Rustecchi -Intermezzo
LEONCAVALLO: Pagliacci – Intermezzo· SCHMIDT: Notre Dame – Intermezzo
STRAVINSKY:Circus Polka ·ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance
Herbert Kegel is revered in Japan since his lifetime as one of the most important conductors of the 20thcentury. By contrast, maestro Kegel has always been regarded with a certain scepticism in his home country. For this reason, Kegel’s name today also stands as a warning as to what damage the so-called ‘music business’ and state-regulated cultural policies may do. His interpretations are characterized by immensely painstaking precision, transparency and listenability. The list of exploits can be continued, including, undoubtedly, the first Beethoven cycle in digital technology. It can also be heard in this box. Kegel’s slow tempi are initially surprising, but they have an effect: the poetry and clarity of Beethoven’s scores have rarely shown to more advantage.
