Minnesota Orch:Vanska - Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5

Few Beethoven cycles have gotten off to such a promising start as that of Osmo V�nsk� conducting the Minnesota Orchestra. Since its release last year, BIS-SACD-1416: Symphonies No. 4 and 5 has garnered distinctions and top marks all over the world. Making the disc its Editor�s Choice, The Gramophone described it as �fiery, elegant, bristling with character� adding �This is impressive Beethoven�, while the critic in Financial Times called it �the modern Beethoven recording par excellence� and the reviewer in Le Monde de la Musique favourably compared V�nsk�s �incisive examination� of the scores with the interpretations of �Norrington, Hogwood, Br�ggen, Harnoncourt, Gardiner and Rattle�. The quality of the recording as well as the sound reproduction also received much praise and was described as being �state-of-the-art� and �of demonstration quality�.