Over a thirteen-year period (2009-2022), Gabor Takacs-Nagy and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra embarked on a spiritual journey through the nine symphonies of Beethoven. The resultant cycle of recordings captures the ensemble's liberated and transformative account of these masterworks, approaching each opus with a sense of spontaneity, insight, and joy. In the words of legendary Beethoven biographer Jan Swafford: 'Honesty is what we hear: no romantic lushness, no ego, rather a sense of the truth of each piece on its own terms. There is a sense of intimate communication between an orchestra and conductor in service of a vision of the works as individuals and as a whole.' The recordings take us on an exciting journey where we can share in the curiosity, the enthusiasm, and the spirit of exploration to rediscover a great and much played composer for our time.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.I. Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

2.II. Andante Cantabile Con Moto

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

3.III. Menuetto. Allegro Molto E Vivace

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

4.IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro Molto E Vivace

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

5.I. Allegro Con Brio

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

6.II. Marcia Funebre. Adagio Assai

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

7.III. Scherzo. Allegro Vivace

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

8.IV. Finale. Allegro Molto

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

Disc 2

Track name

Artist

1.I. Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

2.II. Larghetto

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

3.III. Scherzo. Allegro

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

4.IV. Allegro Molto

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

5.I. Adagio - Allegro Vivace

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

6.II. Adagio

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

7.III. Allegro Vivace

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

8.IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

Disc 3

Track name

Artist

1.I. Allegro Con Brio

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

2.II. Andante Con Moto

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

3.III. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

4.IV. Allegro

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

5.Erwachen Heiterer Empfindungen Bei Der Ankunft Auf Dem Lande. Allegro Ma Non Troppo

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

6.Szene Am Bach. Andante Molto Mosso

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

7.Lustiges Zusammensein Der Landleute. Allegro

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

8.Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

9.Hirtengesang. Frohe Und Dankbare Gefuhle Nach Dem Sturm. Allegretto

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

Disc 4

Track name

Artist

1.I. Poco Sostenuto. Vivace

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

2.II. Allegretto

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

3.III. Presto. Assai Meno Presto

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

4.IV. Allegro Con Brio

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

5.I. Allegro Vivace E Con Brio

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

6.II. Allegretto Scherzando

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

7.III. Tempo Di Menuetto

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

8.IV. Allegro Vivace

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

Disc 5

Track name

Artist

1.I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo, Un Poco Maestoso

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

2.II. Molto Vivace

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

3.III. Adagio Molto E Cantabile

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

4.IVa. Presto

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

5.IVb. Allegro Molto Assai 'O Freunde, Nicht Diese Tone!'

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