Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin is a daily radio program that delves into a wide assortment of topics in classical music.

This Week: Beethoven Symphonies: New Recordings Side by Side with Classic Performances, Part 1 – Bill says in a letter to a dear friend, “Right now, I’m engaged in an interesting project. The conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin, who continues as Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra and has recently become Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera, has found time to go to London to record the entire set of nine Beethoven Symphonies with another distinguished ensemble, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe.” Over the next ten episodes, Bill will put these newly recorded performances in context, side-by-side, with famous recordings all the way back to Wilhelm Furtwängler. Starting with the first symphony, this week will conclude on Friday with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. 

Week of September 25: Beethoven Symphonies: New Recordings Side by Side with Classic Performances, Part 2 – Welcome to the second week of a big Beethoven festival, starting with Beethoven’s sixth symphony. By Friday of this week, we will have heard every single note of the Beethoven symphonies conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin in his new set of the nine Beethoven Symphonies with The Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Bill will also continue to share this new recording side-by-side with the recorded history of celebrated performances.

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