CD 1
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21*°
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36*
Overture – Leonore No. 3, Op. 72b*
BBC Symphony Orchestra (Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
*FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA
°PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED ON PHILIPS/DECCA
CD 2
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’*
Overture – Coriolan, Op. 62°
Overture – Leonore No. 1, Op. 138
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
*FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON DECCA
°FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA
CD 3
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Overture –Egmont, Op. 84*
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60°
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93°
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
*FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA
°FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON DECCA
CD 4
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON DECCA
CD 5
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’*
Overture – Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus*
Overture – Leonore No. 2, Op. 72a°
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
*FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA
°PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
CD 6
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON DECCA
CD 7
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ‘Choral’
Helen Donath, soprano
Trudeliese Schmidt, mezzo-soprano
Klaus König, tenor
Simon Estes, bass
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Josef Schmidhuber, chorus master
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sir Colin Davis
CD 8
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
Concertgebouworkest
Sir Colin Davis
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
CD 9
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
SIR COLIN DAVIS
CD 10
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 ‘Emperor’
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra (No. 3)
London Symphony Orchestra (No. 5)
Sir Colin Davis
CDs 11 & 12
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Mass in C major, Op. 86
Christiane Eda-Pierre, soprano
Patricia Payne, mezzo-soprano
Robert Tear, tenor
Kurt Moll, bass
Leslie Pearson, John Constable, organ
London Symphony Chorus
Richard Hickox, chorus master
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
Mass in D major, Op. 123 ‘Missa Solemnis’
Anna Tomowa-Sintow, soprano
Patricia Payne, mezzo-soprano
Robert Tear, tenor
Robert Lloyd, bass
John Constable, organ
London Symphony Chorus
Richard Hickox, chorus master
London Symphony Orchestra