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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 7 & Leonore Overture
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“...the depth and concentration of Ansermet shines decisively out... Ansermet's reading is taut and imposing... In fine, Ansermet's is a performance which can be commended to any Beethoven collector in search of a bargain.” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major 'Eroica'
"The LSO did it full dramatic justice, reminding us that it makes an arguably better dramatic prelude to the opera than No. 3 itself - and showing us that the LSO itself was on best form, as under Haitink they usually are" (The Financial Times - concert review) A high density DSD recording, live at the Barbican Centre on 16-27 November 2005 “The orchestra plays superbly, and there are plenty of indications that the conductor has taken note of recent changes in attitude to Beethoven performance, such as giving prominence to the woodwind and the timpani in a way no previous generation of conductors did” BBC Music Magazine, August 2006 **** “Haitink is now hearing Beethoven with the experience of period-instrument interpretations in mind. The snap, the bite, the punchy fortissimos … taut rhythms and mounting tension crowned the night in the Eroica” The Times “Haitink's approach is softer, more malleable, less uptight, lighter on its feet than some but still engaged with what one might call the Romantic tradition. His liveliness never draws attention to itself… Haitink offers us a thoughtful and unfussy Leonore No 2, strong and well paced... with some telling pianissimi.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2006 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| | | Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major 'Eroica'
A high density DSD recording, live at the Barbican Centre on 16-27 November 2005 “The orchestra plays superbly, and there are plenty of indications that the conductor has taken note of recent changes in attitude to Beethoven performance, such as giving prominence to the woodwind and the timpani in a way no previous generation of conductors did.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2006 **** “Haitink is now hearing Beethoven with the experience of period-instrument interpretations in mind. The snap, the bite, the punchy fortissimos … taut rhythms and mounting tension crowned the night in the Eroica” The Times “Haitink's approach is softer, more malleable, less uptight, lighter on its feet than some bit still engaged with what one might call the Romantic tradition. His liveliness never draws attention to itself… Haitink offers us a thoughtful and unfussy Leonore No 2, strong and well paced... with some telling pianissimi.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2006 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven - Overtures
Beethoven: | The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43 Egmont Overture, Op. 84 Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138 The Ruins of Athens Overture, Op. 113 Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a Zur Namensfeier overture, Op. 115 Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b Fidelio Overture Op. 72c König Stephan Overture, Op. 117 Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 124 |
“Zinman's Beethoven symphonies won awards, and this set of the overtures has similar features - lithe, energetic conducting, lean, incisively direct interpretations. Leonore No. 3 is particularly bracing.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2005 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Klemperer's mono Philharmonia recording feels as if it were hewn from a single block of granite - Awe-inspiring - James Jolly, Gramophone 1000th issue | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Famous Overtures
Blazing and saturated sound - of the aptly-described ' gold brick' variety - characterises these celebrated performances of eight of Beethoven's best-loved overtures. All the favourites are there and the recordings have been stunningly remastered for this release. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven: The 11 Overtures
Beethoven: | Fidelio Overture Op. 72c Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138 Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 Egmont Overture, Op. 84 König Stephan Overture, Op. 117 The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43 Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 124 Zur Namensfeier overture, Op. 115 The Ruins of Athens Overture, Op. 113 |
These remastered seventies recordings bring together all the Beethoven overtures. Most of the works are associated with stage works. These included those for the dramas Coriolan, Egmont, King Stephen and the Ruins of Athens, as well as the overture for the ballet music The Creatures of Prometheus. Nameday and The Consecration of the House were written more for representative occasions. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
The Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2nd disc with Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen, shifts dramatically in tone from the first, exploring Berlioz’s evocative sonic dream Symphonie Fantastique, alongside Beethoven’s Leonore Overture. Since September 2008 Salonen has been Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra. In his first season in this role he devised and led City of Dreams, a nine-month exploration of the music and culture of Vienna between 1900 and 1935. The project, which presents the music of Mahler, Schoenberg, Zemlinsky and Berg in its social and historical context, has travelled to 18 cities across Europe, culminating in semi-staged performances of Berg’s Wozzeck, with Simon Keenlyside in the title role, in October 2009. “there's a passionate restraint about Salonen's readings that is far more telling than many more overtly histrionic versions...clearly prioritising musical imperatives over mere pictorialism, yet with no shortage of electricity in the air, either emotional or elemental.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2010 **** “In the symphony, Salonen gives the orchestra its head while balancing the textures meticulously...The mighty Leonore No 2 (the first composed) is an apt coupling...and it is played with immense force and eloquence.” Sunday Times, 20th June 2010 **** “The Philharmonia gives its all in a performance that relishes the manic contrasts in Berlioz's groundbreaking score as well as emphasising its symphonic sweep - as witness the March to the Scaffold, with its galvanising sense of inevitability.” Classic FM Magazine, November 2010 **** | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Overtures
Beethoven: | Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43: excerpts Fidelio Overture Op. 72c The Ruins of Athens Overture, Op. 113 Zur Namensfeier overture, Op. 115 König Stephan Overture, Op. 117 Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 124 Egmont Overture, Op. 84 Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138 |
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