Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7-9 – Barry: The Eternal Recurrence Britten Sinfonia & Thomas Adès

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92:
• 1 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: I. Vivace 13:57
• 2 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: Ii. Allegretto 08:08
• 3 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: Iii. Presto meno assai 08:53
• 4 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: Iv. Allegro con brio 08:08
• Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93:
• 5 Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: I. Allegro vivace con brio 08:10
• 6 Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: Ii. Allegretto scherzando 03:49
• 7 Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: Iii. Tempo di Menuetto 04:33
• 8 Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: Iv. Allegro vivace 06:54
• Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 'Choral':
• 9 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 'Choral': I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso 14:18
• 10 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 'Choral': Ii. Allegro vivace 15:12
• 11 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 'Choral': Iii. Adagio molto e cantabile 12:10
• 12 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 'Choral': Iv. Allegro assai 23:06
• Gerald Barry (b. 1952):
• 13 Barry: The Eternal Recurrence 11:41
• Total Runtime 02:18:59

Info for Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7-9 – Barry: The Eternal Recurrence

The final installment in the BEETHOVEN & BARRY recording series which, over three volumes, has traced all nine of Beethoven’s Symphonies coupled with music by the celebrated Irish composer Gerald Barry.

“This set [Vol.1] cuts pristine interpretations of Beethoven’s early symphonies with Gerald Barry’s 21st- century zesty homage … tightly knit performances …” (BBC Music Magazine)

Jennifer France, soprano
Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano
Ed Lyon, tenor
Matthew Rose, bass
Britten Sinfonia
Thomas Ades, conductor

Thomas Adès
was born in London in 1971. Renowned as both composer and performer, he works regularly with the world’s leading orchestras, opera companies and festivals. His compositions include three operas : the most recent of which The Exterminating Angel premiered at the 2016 Salzburg Festival and subsequently has been performed at the Metropolitan Opera, New York and the Royal Opera House, London all conducted by the composer; The Tempest (Royal Opera House and Metropolitan Opera); and Powder Her Face. His orchestral works include Asyla (CBSO, 1997), Tevot (Berlin Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall, 2007), Polaris (New World Symphony, Miami 2011), Violin Concerto Concentric Paths (Berliner Festspiele and the BBC Proms, 2005), In Seven Days (Piano concerto with moving image - LA Philharmonic and RFH London 2008), Totentanz for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and orchestra (BBC Proms, 2013), and Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (Boston Symphony Orchestra, 2019). His compositions also include numerous celebrated chamber and solo works.

Thomas Adès has been an Artistic Partner of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 2016 and will conduct the orchestra in Boston and at Tanglewood, perform chamber music with the orchestra players, and lead the summer Festival of Contemporary Music. He coaches Piano and Chamber Music annually at the International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove.

As a conductor, Thomas appears regularly with the Los Angeles, San Francisco and London Philharmonic orchestras, the Boston, London, BBC and City of Birmingham, Symphony orchestras, the Royal Concertgebouworkest, Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Czech Philharmonic. In opera, in addition to The Exterminating Angel, he has conducted The Rake’s Progress at the Royal Opera House and the Zürich Opera, The Tempest at the Metropolitan Opera and Vienna State Opera, and Gerald Barry’s latest opera Alice’s Adventures Under Ground in Los Angeles (world premiere) and in London (European premiere). In the 2019-20 season Thomas has a residency with the Royal Concertgebouworkest and also conducts the London and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestras and makes his debut with Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. In the USA, he returns to the Los Angeles and Boston Symphony Orchestras. Thomas also returns to the Royal Opera House twice this season, to conduct Barry’s Alice’s Adventures Under Ground and the premiere of his new ballet The Dante Project.

His piano engagements include solo recitals at Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium), New York and the Wigmore Hall in London, and concerto appearances with the New York Philharmonic. This season will see the release of his album of solo piano music by Janacek and he will also join Simon Keenlyside in a recital of Schubert’s Winterreise at the Vienna State Opera.

His many awards include the Grawemeyer Award for Asyla (1999); Royal Philharmonic Society large-scale composition awards for Asyla, The Tempest and Tevot; and Ernst von Siemens Composers' prize for Arcadiana; British Composer Award for The Four Quarters. His CD recording of The Tempest from the Royal Opera House (EMI) won the Contemporary category of the 2010 Gramophone Awards; his DVD of the production from the Metropolitan Opera was awarded the Diapason d'Or de l'année (2013), Best Opera recording (2014 Grammy Awards) and Music DVD Recording of the Year (2014 ECHO Klassik Awards); and The Exterminating Angel won the World Premiere of the Year at the International Opera Awards (2017). In 2015 he was awarded the prestigious Léonie Sonning Music Prize and in Spring 2020 he will receive the Toru Takemitsu composition award at Tokyo Opera City where he will conduct a concert of his own music.

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