Beethoven, “Pastoral” Symphony - Christian Tetzlaff / Gemma New

It is worth remembering that one day, some listeners discovered Beethoven's symphonies for the first time. Can you imagine the shock felt by the spectators at the Theater an der Wien on December 22, 1808, when, on the same evening, Beethoven unveiled his Fifth, Sixth Symphony , and Fourth Concerto one after the other ? It is said that they pulled a face... Here, the Sixth "Pastoral" has as companions Shostakovich's Second Violin Concerto , a fake...