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Long regarded as the quintessential interpretation of the most popular and best-loved symphony ever written, this performance of the Fifth has everything: passion, precision, drama, lyric beauty, and a coiled fury in the first movement that sets your pulse racing from the very first note. Carlos Kleiber has made very few recordings in his distinguished career, but almost all are special. If you own no other copy of this symphony, this is the one to get. It comes with an exceptional performance of the Seventh--not quite as gripping as the Fifth, but definitely one of the great ones. There is classical music, and there are classic recordings of classical music. This one's a classic. -- David Hurwitz
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CD -Wiener Philharmoniker/Carlos Kleiber
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By P. SIMPSON
Format:Audio CD
No point saying much about the performances, - they've been classics of the gramophone for 28-29 years now and deservedly so. Like other reviewers, I’ve loved them in all their incarnations. This one seems to me the best yet. No, the sound may not be as good as some new DSD recordings but its a darned sight better than most. I was sceptical about the surround version but needn't have worried, - it does add noticeable depth and solidity to what was always an impressive recording. I'd still want to have alternative readings for when Kleiber is just too driven for me (and the Pentatone RQR Davis disc is certainly one of those!) but for sheer excitement in these two works, and now for even better sound, Kleiber can't be beat. And isn't it nice to hear DG get something right for a change?!
48 of 49 people found the following review helpful
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Having heard the 7th more than one hundred times in my 50 + years and nearly always been blown away by the last movement the
Klieber Beethoven 7 on the radio and was a revelation and I had to get the CD without delay. The clarity of the Vienna Philharmonic playing, the musical line, the sense of architecture ........... lost for words.
I am an avid fan of Arturo Toscanini but Carlos Kleiber in the Fifth and the Seventh makes the Maestro seem half asleep.
Of course the DG 1975 recording quality far out strips the best of Toscanini and is superb.
Klieber Beethoven 7 on the radio and was a revelation and I had to get the CD without delay. The clarity of the Vienna Philharmonic playing, the musical line, the sense of architecture ........... lost for words.
I am an avid fan of Arturo Toscanini but Carlos Kleiber in the Fifth and the Seventh makes the Maestro seem half asleep.
Of course the DG 1975 recording quality far out strips the best of Toscanini and is superb.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. Ian A. Macfarlane
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Format:Audio CD
This has just been chosen on BBC 3's CD Review as the 'best' version of the 5th. Symphony, just pipping the 1955 mono Klemperer ; and I believe it was chosen also the last time CD Review tackled the many versions of this work. It made waves when it first came out on LP and has always been popular, combining as it does great fire and intensity with a good sense of structure and some beautifully lyrical phrasing and playing. Much the same virtues are evident in the 7th. Symphony, and together on one CD they really are irresistible. There can never be one definitive version of either of these incomparable works, and many, many performances on CD have something valid to tell us, but these two interpretations have more than most.
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beethoven symphonies
beethoven is nice music to relax and enjoy.i like the different instrument tones and
it was good value for money
it was good value for money
Published 2 months ago by ken crozier
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Brilliant interpretation
The best recording I have heard of No5 and a bonus to getting No7 on same disk both well played GOOD BUY
Published 3 months ago by Soundman
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Awesome!
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
Until now I would have said that the best recordings of these symphonies I knew of were those made by Karajan and the Berlin... Read more
Until now I would have said that the best recordings of these symphonies I knew of were those made by Karajan and the Berlin... Read more
Published 8 months ago by G. M. Donaldson
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Believe it .
Being by nature somewhat cynical , and being a bit fed up with sleeve notes proclaiming various recordings and performances as being " the greatest " of whatever , I have to agree... Read more
Published 13 months ago by theplanets
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Carlos Kleiber Beethoven Symphony No.7 was phenonmenal
Wonderful interpretation of Beethoven Symphony with clarity of line and dynamics. The Beethoven 5th Symphony was very good too.Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
Published 14 months ago by Sze
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Glorious
Both of these performances are magnificent. They are gloriously played and thrilling. Kleiber makes it all sound so easy. Read more
Published 15 months ago by enthusiast
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Annoying clicks
I do not generally buy classical music so take this review with a pinch of salt.
I keep hearing annoying clicks throughout the recording. Read more
I keep hearing annoying clicks throughout the recording. Read more
Published 16 months ago by J. Brierley
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Not "just" another copy of the Seventh
Unlike I suspect many people I bought this to get a good copy of the Seventh, not the Fifth. However, this rapidly became my usual listening copy of the Fifth as well. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. C. Street
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This Beethoven`s recording like a opened score
On this cd, the recording team has reached impossible achievement !There is no need to have orchestral score-Hans-Peter Schweigmann and Klaus Scheibe had captured all what... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Rufina Noor
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The definitive 7th
Absolutely marvellous recording!!! The Kleiber reading of no 7 leaves me speechless. It has energy, depth, edge, roundness, vitality - everything! Read more
Published 21 months ago by Per Arne Rudberg
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