래틀, 아르농쿠르, 가디너, 예르비, 하딩 등 우리 시대 최고의 명지휘자들과 유럽 최고의 권위를 자랑하는 음악지 디아파종의 평론가들이 직접 선정한 베토벤 교향곡 명연집.
토스카니니, 푸르트벵글러, 카라얀에서 라이보비츠, 브뤼헨에 이르기까지 모노와 스테레오 시대를 통털어 불멸의 베토벤 교향곡 녹음으로 기록될 20개의 위대한 녹음이 담겨있다. 내지에는 선정에 참여한 지휘자와 평론가들의 선정 이유가 상세히 실려 있다.
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Disc 1
01. Symphony No.1 in C Major Op.21 - Arturo Toscanini / NBC Symphony (1939)
02. Symphony No.1 in C Major Op.21 - Bruno Walter / Columbia Symphony (1958)
03. Symphony No.1 in C Major Op.21 - Frans Bruggen / Orchestra of the 18th Century (2011)
Disc 2
01. Symphony No.2 in D Major Op.36 - Felix Weingartner / London Symphony (1938)
02. Symphony No.3 in E flat Major Op.55 'Eroica' - Herbert von Karajan / Philharmonia Orchestra (1952)
Disc 3
01. Symphony No.2 in D Major Op.36 - Arturo Toscanini / NBC Symphony (1951)
02. Symphony No.3 in E flat Major Op.55 'Eroica' - Erich Kleiber / Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam(1950)
Disc 4
01. Symphony No.4 in B flat Major Op.60 - Carl Schuricht / Orchestre de la Soclete des Concerts du Conservatoire (1958)
02. Symphony No.4 in B flat Major Op.60 - Josef Krips / Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam (1953)
Disc 5
01. Symphony No.5 in C minor OP.67 - Rene Leibowitz / Royal Philharmonic (1961)
02. Symphony No.5 in C minor OP.67 - Herbert von Karajan / Wiener Philharmoniker (1948)
Disc 6
01. Symphony No.6 in F Major Op.68 'Pastorale' - Erich Kleiber / Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam(1953)
02. Symphony No.6 in F Major Op.68 'Pastorale' - Willem Mengelberg / Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam (1937)
Disc 7
01. Symphony No.7 in A Major OP.92 - Fritz Reiner / Chicago Symphony (1958)
02. Symphony No.7 in A Major OP.92 - Arturo Toscanini / New York Philharmonic (1936)
Disc 8
01. Symphony No.8 in F Major OP.93 - Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic 1963
02. Symphony No.8 in F Major OP.93 - Hermann Scherchen / Royal Philharmonic 1954
Disc 9
01. Symphony No.9 in D minor OP.125 'Choral' - Wilhelm Furtwangler / Berliner Philharmoniker (1942)
Disc 10
01. Symphony No.9 in D minor OP.125 'Choral' - Wilhelm Furtwangler / Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (1951)
Disc 11
01. Symphony No.9 in D minor OP.125 'Choral' - Carl Schuricht / Orchestre de la Soclete des Concerts du Conservatoire (1958)
