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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Recorded live at the Philharmonie Berlin and at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, 2000-2001
Blu-ray release of the successful DVD Box on the occasion of Claudio Abbado’s 80th Anniversary. In February 2001 the Berliner Philharmoniker and Claudio Abbado were guests at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome with all Beethoven symphonies. Their success was overwhelming with standing ovations after each performance. This exclusive box containing the complete Beethoven Symphonies performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker includes a special multi-angle feature: each Disc offers sequences from the “conductor camera” showing the maestro from his perspective. Including the 26 mins interview “Abbado on Beethoven”. Critics spoke of seminal moments in the history of music. Picture format Blu-ray Disc: 16:9 Sound formats Blu-ray Disc: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Region code: All (worldwide) Subtitles (Symphony No. 9): English, French, German, Spanish, Italian Booklet notes: English, French, German Running time: 413 mins | 
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| |  | Furtwängler conducts BeethovenThe Best of the World War II Legacy
Beethoven: | Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' recorded on 19th and 20th December 1944 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 recorded on 27th and 30th June 1943 Berliner Philharmoniker Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b recorded on 2nd June 1944 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 recorded on 27th and 30th June 1943 Berliner Philharmoniker Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral' recorded on 20th and 22nd March 1944 Berliner Philharmoniker Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 recorded on 27th and 30th June 1943 Berliner Philharmoniker Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 recorded on 31st October and 3rd November 1943 Berliner Philharmoniker Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' recorded on 22nd and 24th March 1942 Tilla Briem (soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (contralto), Peter Anders (tenor), Rudolf Watzke (bass) Berliner Philharmoniker, Philharmonic Choir |
Reissuing one of Music and Arts’ best-selling discs: these are the best World War II performances of Beethoven’s symphonies under the baton of Furtwängler. Previously released versions on our label were acclaimed in Fanfare, American Record Guide, Pulse!, Absolute Sound, Diapason, Musica, and numerous other journals. Symphony No. 9 has been completely re-mastered for this edition. “Separating these performances from the circumstances in which they took place may be impossible – the booklet includes a photographs of Furtwängler conducting in Berlin, with Hitler and Goebbels sitting in the front row – but there is some remarkable music-making here, especially the surging, majestic Eroica, the exaggeratedly romantic Fourth and the furious, frantic Ninth” The Guardian, 28th March 2013 **** |
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| |  | Recorded live at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, February 2001 (Nos. 1-8); Recorded live at the Philharmonie, Berlin, May 2000 (No.9)
These recordings are the fruit of decades of Claudio Abbado’s deep involvement with Beethoven. Many years of shared artistic experience create a tangible harmony and understanding between the orchestra and Abbado. His musical intentions and the orchestra’s musical expression become one, leading to an outstandingly beautiful unity of sound. The live performances were an overwhelming success with standing ovations after each of the concerts. Critics considered the concerts as seminal moments in the history of music. A conductor camera option allows to see Abbado from the perspective of the orchestra. Includes Abbado’s interview about Beethoven. All in all: a priceless document of the work of one of the greatest artists of our time. Picture format: NTSC 16:9 Sounds formats: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Subtitles: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish Running time: 413 mins (DVD1 106 mins, DVD2 78 mins, DVD3 122 mins, DVD4 81 mins + 26 mins Bonus) German FSK: 0 “Abbado, a Furtwängler admirer in principle, seems ever more Italian, his tauter lyricism allied to a sense of forward movement influenced, we are told, by period practice. The surprise is not the Mediterranean luminosity and scrupulous attention to instrumental detail - one expects nothing less from this source - but the animating sense of line. The Seventh Symphony... knows precisely where it's going and why... The sense of joy present throughout is overwhelming by the close.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2009 “the joy and the life behind these performances makes it pretty plain why he chose this set as his “legacy set” for Beethoven...the peerless playing and outstanding direction make it a joy to experience.” MusicWeb International, March 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 & 'The Beethoven Project'
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Bach, J S: | Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565 Chorale Prelude BWV639 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ' St John Passion, BWV245: Es ist vollbracht Ein' feste Burg(Cantata No. 80),on),V63 Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV582 | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 | Boccherini: | Minuet in A major from String Quintet Op. 11 No. 5, G275 | Brahms: | Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor | Byrd: | Pavane and Gigue | Debussy: | Trois Nocturnes Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | Franck, C: | Symphony in D minor | Frescobaldi: | Gagliardate | Handel: | Messiah: Overture Messiah: Pastoral Symphony 'Pifa' | Haydn: | Andante cantabile | Lully: | Nocturne Alceste-Prelude Thesée | Palestrina: | Adoramus te | Sousa: | El Capitan March The Stars and Stripes Forever | Strauss, J, II: | An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325 | Vivaldi: | Concerto, Op. 3 No. 11 'Con due Violini e Violoncello obligato', RV 565 | Weber: | Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 |
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"One always thinks of Mengelberg as a romantic conductor, so it comes as something of a surprise to find him adjusting his own style to the composer. There is not one manner here, but several, each gauged to the work in question. Was Mengelberg, late in life, responding to modernism by rethinking his relation to the past? These recordings are well worth having."
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| |  | Guido Cantelli - The NBC Broadcast ConcertsDecember 1950
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Claudia Barainsky (soprano), Christa Mayer (alto), Thomas Michael Allen (tenor) & Konrad Jarnot (bass) Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn & Chor der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Ruben Gazarian |
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Sinéad Mulhern (soprano), Carolin Masur (mezzo-soprano), Dominik Wortig (tenor) & Konstantin Wolff (bass-baritone) La Chambre Philharmonique (on period instruments) & Choeur de Chambre les Éléments, Emmanuel Krivine Nominated for the Classical Brits in 2012, Emmanuel Krivine's period-instrument set on Naïve is now repressed due to popular demand. La Chambre Philharmonique was formed by Emmanuel Krivine and is made up of instrumentalists from the finest European ensembles. Its structure is original, in that conductor and players enjoy equal status and current members choose new players. The size of the ensemble is flexible, bringing together players, instruments and historical techniques as appropriate for each programme. The orchestra’s first recording of Mozart’s Mass in C Minor (V5043) marked the beginning of its collaboration with Naïve. This was followed by the world premiere recording on period instruments of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’, coupled with Schumann’s Konzertstück for four horns and orchestra, which won a Classique d’Or RTL on its release in 2008. Since then its CDs of Mendelssohn’s Symphonies (V5069) and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (V5202) have received numerous awards in the press. These performances of the complete Beethoven Symphonies were recorded in three French venues, Cite de la Musique in Paris, MC2: Grenoble, and the Theatre de Caen). Nominated for the Classical Brits in 2012, Emmanuel Krivine's period-instrument set on Naïve is now repressed due to popular demand. "here is an unheralded period-instrument set to challenge Messrs Vanska, Zinman, Mackerras and the rest. Characterful and confident, it demands to be heard....I am inclined to place this new cycle fairly near the top of the pile" Rob Cowan, Gramophone Gramophone Editor's Choice, July 2011 "if you are yet to invest in a collection of these symphonies but were never sure which version to go for, then hesitate no longer." James McCarthy, Classic FM Magazine, June 2011 ***** "Emmanuel Krivine's set, recorded live at concerts given in Grenoble, Caen and Paris in 2009, is spectacular - largely because whilst listening you're convinced that what you're hearing is is the only way this music should ever sound...a fantastic bargain, and possibly the most consistently enjoyable period-instrument recording available." Graham Rickson, The Arts Desk “Perhaps the first thing that will strike you about these recordings is that they certainly don't hang around...This may come as a shock to those used to more indulgent, romantically-inclined accounts, but I'm sure that all will be won over by these consistently engaging performances...I particularly love the way that the orchestra tears into the propulsive rhythms of the Seventh Symphony...These are wonderful performances” Classic FM Magazine, June 2011 ***** “In providing us with this vital, meekly played and always engaging new period-instrument Beethoven cycle, Emmanuel Krivine is effectively challenging what has in recent years become an all-too-familiar template of sleek, bloodless lines and fast-lane tempi...Krivine knows how to slam a Beethovenian sforzando without breaking glass...He knows how to let the music breathe, too - where to put on the pressure and where to ease off again” Gramophone Magazine, July 2011 “Krivine's set...is spectacular – largely because whilst listening you’re convinced that what you’re hearing is the only way that this music should ever sound. The effect is uproarious, occasionally shocking and consistently exhilarating. The orchestral sound is inevitably sparer, thinner, but the colours are much sharper...This is a fantastic bargain, and possibly the most consistently enjoyable period-instrument recording available.” Graham Rickson, The Arts Desk, 18th June 2011 |
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