Wiener Symphoniker - Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies No. 4 & 5

Starting in autumn 2017, the Wiener Symphoniker has begun releasing the full cycle of Beethoven symphonies on 5 CDs. With a new CD of the series to be released every 6 months, the full cycle will be completed just in time for the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven in 2020. The symphonies were recorded live during a critically acclaimed concert cycle in Spring/Summer 2017 in the Great Hall of the Musikverein Wien. At these concerts, the international press specifically praised Jordan�s approach to combining a traditional Viennese sound with a more contemporary, slimmed down interpretation of the material, original tempi and insights from the historically informed performance practice. Through a close reading of the score and by focusing on the content of the works, Jordan aimed to create � in his words � a �more natural, direct, humanised 'image of the famous composer.�