Beethoven - Symphonies No.2 & No.7
£14.73 £11.78
save £2.95 (20%)
special offer ending 25/01/2026
In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day
Despatch Information
This despatch estimate is based on information from both our own stock and the UK supplier's stock.
If ordering multiple items, we will aim to send everything together so the longest despatch estimate will apply to the complete order.
If you would rather receive certain items more quickly, please place them on a separate order.
If any unexpected delays occur, we will keep you informed of progress via email and not allow other items on the order to be held up.
If you would prefer to receive everything together regardless of any delay, please let us know via email.
Pre-orders will be despatched as close as possible to the release date.
Label: BIS
Cat No: BISSACD1816
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 29th September 2008
Contents
Artists
Minnesota OrchestraConductor
Osmo VanskaWorks
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.36Symphony no.7 in A major, op.92
Artists
Minnesota OrchestraConductor
Osmo VanskaAbout
The first instalment in Osmo Vänskä’s and Minnesota Orchestra’s Beethoven cycle was released in December 2004 and was immediately praised for the performances as well as for the state-of-the-art sound. The following discs have, if anything, strengthened the case for this cycle.
The disc opens with Symphony No. 2, completed in 1802 during one of the darkest periods of the composer’s life, as he was struggling to reconcile himself with his encroaching deafness. Under the circumstances, as Beethoven specialist Barry Cooper points out in his liner notes, a striking feature of the work is ‘its thoroughly optimistic character throughout – it is almost as if he was using the symphony as a means of escape.’
Following it is the Seventh Symphony in which the strong rhythmic drive that pervades all four movements has made it a favourite in the concert hall – among its admirers was Richard Wagner who famously dubbed it ‘the apotheosis of the dance’.
Error on this page? Let us know here
Need more information on this product? Click here