Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 2

Cleverly paired with two symphonies by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - written in 1755/56 and 1775/76 respectively - Beethoven's first two contributions to the symphonic genre reveal the bubbling creativity of a thirty-year-old composer determined to go even further in the renewal of the genre than another, very recent reference, Mozart's 'Jupiter'. So much is clear from the very first chord of his Symphony no.1! Relive this decisive moment in the company of the musicians.