Symphony - A 'Project Climax' Subcategory - 15 CDs

Symphony
A symphony is a multi-movement work for full orchestra. A typical symphony has four movements. The first movement is usually fast and contains two or three themes that are repeated and developed throughout the movement. The second movement is usually slow and lyrical, while the third movement is in a dance style such as waltz, minuet, or scherzo. The finale may take on any of a number of forms, including theme and variations, rondo (one repeated theme and a number of unrelated themes), or the same form as the first movement.

The symphony developed in the first half of the eighteenth century from the Italian opera overture (called sinfonia). In the second half of the century, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven perfected what we now call the Classical symphonic style. Mozart wrote 41 symphonies, and Haydn, the "father of the symphony," wrote 106. Beethoven wrote only nine, but they were so revolutionary that his shadow loomed over all symphony composers for the next hundred years. (Brahms in particular was so intimidated that he didn't write a symphony until he was forty.) The nineteenth century was a golden age for the symphony: one could not be accepted as a truly great composer without having written one. As composers in the twentieth century began to break away from the accepted notions of harmony, they also began to experiment with new forms, and the symphony lost some of its prestige and popularity. However, in today's concert halls the symphony is still king; hardly a program is played that does not feature one.




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01 - Beethoven; Symphonien Nos. 5 & 7 - Carlos Kleiber & WPO (DG 1996)
http://rapidshare.de/files/30678511/Climax013a.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30675880/Climax013a.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30653236/Climax013a.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30653235/Climax013a.part1.rar

02 - Tchaikovsky; Symphony No. 6 In B Minor Op. 74 'Pathetique' (Chandos 1992)
http://rapidshare.de/files/32888168/076APCDGJEDF.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32882112/076APCDGJEDF.part1.rar

03 - Mozart; Symphonien Nos. 35-41 - Karl Böhm & BPO (DG 1996) 2 CDs
http://rapidshare.de/files/32067467/052BSSJFEHEJ.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32062629/052BSSJFEHEJ.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32057568/052BSSJFEHEJ.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32053252/052BSSJFEHEJ.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32048650/052ASSJFEHEJ.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32044719/052ASSJFEHEJ.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32040554/052ASSJFEHEJ.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32035473/052ASSJFEHEJ.part1.rar

04 - Beethoven; Symphonien No. 9 'Choral' - Herbert von Karajan & BPO(DG 1963)
http://rapidshare.de/files/30768447/Climax016a.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30765017/Climax016a.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30759739/Climax016a.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30754852/Climax016a.part1.rar

05 - Antonín Dvorak; Symphony No. 9 'From the New World' - Mariss Jansons (RCO Live 2003)
http://rapidshare.de/files/32900291/D.NWS.SSO.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32902281/D.NWS.SSO.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32907237/D.NWS.SSO.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32901655/D.NWS.SSO.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32943599/Cvrs.rar

06 - Gustav Mahler; Symphony No.1 'Titan' & No.10 'Adagio' - Bernstein & NPO (Sony 2001)
http://rapidshare.de/files/34876190/119AOKOKHFFD.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34859058/119AOKOKHFFD.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34838221/119AOKOKHFFD.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34806964/119AOKOKHFFD.part1.rar

07 - Schubert; Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8 'Unfinished' - Carlos Kleiber & WPO(DG 1997)
http://rapidshare.de/files/32612394/065AINPOBEMJ.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32608267/065AINPOBEMJ.part1.rar

08 - Haydn; London Symphonies ''Vol. One'' - Hickox & Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos 2000)
http://rapidshare.de/files/31755154/040AZXCVFTYH.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/31751741/040AZXCVFTYH.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/31747184/040AZXCVFTYH.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/31743494/040AZXCVFTYH.part1.rar

09 - Dmitrij Shostakovich; Symphony & Cello Concerto; Ma, Bernstein, NYPO (Sony 1990)
http://rapidshare.de/files/35502602/137APFKDKFJG.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35487779/137APFKDKFJG.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35484169/137APFKDKFJG.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35481158/137APFKDKFJG.part1.rar

10 - Brahms; Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 - Bruno Walter & CSO (Sony 1995)
http://rapidshare.de/files/31540673/030AWMELRKTJ.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/31535662/030AWMELRKTJ.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/31530782/030AWMELRKTJ.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/31525385/030AWMELRKTJ.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/31504270/030AWMELRKTJ.part1.rar

11 - Felix Mendelssohn; Symphony No. 3 'Scottish' & 4 'Italian' - Abbado & LSO (DG 1985)
http://rapidshare.de/files/35599599/144AFJDNFJJF.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35587200/144AFJDNFJJF.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35583070/144AFJDNFJJF.part1.rar

12 - Hector Berlioz; Symphonie Fantastique - Gardiner & ORR (Philipe 1993)
http://rapidshare.de/files/34403034/110ABCDFGRHR.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34397689/110ABCDFGRHR.part1.rar

13 - Beethoven; Symphony Nos. 3 ' Eroica' & 8 - George Szell & CO (Sony 1990)
http://rapidshare.de/files/30887543/Climax019a.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30884160/Climax019a.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30880848/Climax019a.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30876553/Climax019a.part1.rar

14 - Jean Sibelius; The Complete Symphonies Vol.1 - Davis & BSO (Philips 1995) 2 CDs
http://rapidshare.de/files/35350638/131BPOSTOGJF.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35344585/131BPOSTOGJF.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35341509/131BPOSTOGJF.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35338698/131BPOSTOGJF.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35335837/131APOSTOGJF.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35332401/131APOSTOGJF.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/35328073/131APOSTOGJF.part1.rar

15 - Tchaikovsky; Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64 - Valery Gergiev & WPO (Philips 1999)
http://rapidshare.de/files/33020447/079AASSFGGDS.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33017536/079AASSFGGDS.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33014336/079AASSFGGDS.part1.rar