Prices shown exclude VAT. (UK tax is not payable for deliveries to United States.) See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn
Taken from the first of Karajan’s four Beethoven symphony cycles, made in the splendid acoustic of London’s Kingsway Hall, these are beautifully polished readings that traverse the decades with ease. | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
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| |  | Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7
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“Beautifully played and recorded.” Classic CD | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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“The finest ever digital cycle of the nine symphonies at budget price....performances of vitality and passion...this admirable orchestra whose love for the music irradiates every single bar. [Symphony No.5] Drahos drives outer movement with blazing ferocity; the coda of the triumphal finale is volcanic...Another jewel in the Naxos crown and exceptionally well recorded too. Outstanding.” Classic CD | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 & Overtures
Beethoven: | Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' Recorded on 5th - 6th October and 17th December, 1955, in Kingsway Hall, London Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138 Recorded on 17th November, 1954, in Kingsway Hall, London Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b Recorded on 18th November, 1954, in Kingsway Hall, London |
Noted for the heroic quality of his interpretations, in which a loving attention to detail, a remarkable understanding of architectural structure and a keen sense of musical impetus generated compellingly lucid performances, Otto Klemperer was a conductor whose complex artistry combined immense subtlety and powerful directness. Nowhere was this more evident than in his authoritative readings of Beethoven’s music. The works on this disc, originally issued during the mid-1950s by Columbia and restored by award-winning audio engineer Mark Obert-Thorn, bring pinnacles of Klemperer’s legendary achievement to a new generation of listeners with a remarkable immediacy worthy of the master conductor. “Otto Klemperer's mono recordings of Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 3, 5, and 7 are historic in several senses. Not only are they terrific performances by themselves, but they also launched the conductor on the magnificent Indian summer of his career, a period that saw him acclaimed as the greatest interpreter of the basic German repertoire for much of the 1950s and '60s. Klemperer always conducted a sensational Eroica.” Classics Today “…Klemperer aims for Beethovenian weight, and though his rhythms don’t dance their concentration is gripping. The great wind principals of the 1950s Philharmonic give refinement to the orchestral sound.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2009 **** | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 & Sibelius: Symphony No. 7Tintner Edition 6
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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“There are some fine players in the Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia...Both performances will please those who like Beethoven's orchestral textures to be lucid and multi-dimensional, rather than the blandly homogenized "paste" we hear so often today.” Gramophone Magazine | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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“If you are starting a collection, this is the Beethoven cycle to have.” BBC Music Magazine | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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