Browse: Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
RecommendedTwyla Robinson (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano), John Mac Master (tenor) & Gerald Finley (bass), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello) & Lars Vogt (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Bernard Haitink
a blazing performance of the Seventh Symphony that reaches a superbly disciplined and frenzied conclusion — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Harnoncourt - Beethoven
RecommendedGidon Kremer & Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Another absorbing set, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt bringing his impeccable, historically-informed sensibilities to the modern instruments of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. The Eroica is mightily... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Recording of the Year
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
RecommendedChrista Ludwig (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Walter Berry (Don Pizarro), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Franz Crass (Don Fernando)
Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Whilst I love the dramatic energy of Karajan’s (thrilling but rough-round-the-edges) 1962 Fidelio, Ludwig sounds more secure in terms of diction and intonation on this studio recording from the... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Wilhelm Furtwängler
RecommendedBerliner Philharmoniker & Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Building a Library, December 2007, First Choice
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Building a Library, April 2018, Recommended Recording
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Beethoven: Overtures and Incidental Music
Bach Society Minnesota
Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
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Beethoven: Complete Symphonies & Selected Overtures
RecommendedFrom the legendary Oct-Dec 1939 cycle: new 2013 digital transfers
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
a remarkable testament to Toscanini — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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A period-informed, modern-instrument band going full tilt at this music with the flair and dynamism of Harnoncourt and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. — More…
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Concert of the Century
RecommendedIsaac Stern (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Vladimir Horowitz (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), The Oratorio Society
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Lyndon Woodside
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Grammy Awards, 20th Awards (1977), Classical Album of the Year
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica', etc.
Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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