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| 1. I. Allegro con brio |
| 2. II. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai) |
| 3. III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) & Trio |
| 4. IV. Finale (Allegro molto - Poco andante - Presto) |
| 5. Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138 (2001 Digital Remaster) |
| 6. Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a (2001 Digital Remaster) |
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
There is no composer whose music I like more than Beethoven, but I have always had problems with the Third Symphony in that it has never moved me in the way that do his other symphonies and indeed most of his other music. I have tried and rejected various recordings and sat through many tedious live performances. At last, here is a performance which reaches the heart! Never mind that it is in mono, Klemperer gets a magnificent sound from the Philharmonia. Truly fantastic.
The two Leonora overtures are just as thrilling.
The two Leonora overtures are just as thrilling.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I owned the original vinyl recording in the 1960s and always thought that Klemperer was the best. I looked forward to a renewed acquaintance but oh dear, the loud passages are terribly distorted. I would call this CD a disaster. I know it is not modern recording but I am sure that EMI could have done a better transfer than this.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I disagree profoundly with those who call this performance turgid or plodding; there is a momentum and grandeur in Klemperer's interpretation which carries the listener on an inexorable wave of sound. Direct comparison between Klemperer and, say, Harnoncourt, reveal, for all the latter's lightness of touch, that it is not so much a question of tempi which separates them as that of phrasing and emphases. (However, I must here observe that as Harnoncourt gets through the first movement with the repeat in the same time it takes Klemperer to do so without, either Harnoncourt is insanely fast or Klemperer really is taking his time - but, for me, both performances work supremely well and simply point to the latitude a great conductor has in interpreting Beethoven - especially given the unreliability of the composer's metronome markings.) Klemperer certainly avoids the worst excesses of his later mannerisms by keeping everything moving despite the solidity of the punched-out accents. Both the outer movements build to electrifying climaxes.
I consider this to be great recording in that it succeeds triumphantly in convincing us that this is one very convincing way of performing the "Eroica" - but obviously not the only way. It is, if you like, an essential supplement (if that's not an oxymoron) to a fleeter, sharper, more "classical" approach such as Harnoncourt's - and in certain moods, I feel it's my preferred way.
I am not so thrilled by the two "Leonora" overtures; they are enjoyable, if less finely detailed accounts - but you buy this disc primarily for the inimitable Third. My four stars are a recognition of the fact that the sound is clean, slightly boxy mono, with a little distortion at the loudest points.
I consider this to be great recording in that it succeeds triumphantly in convincing us that this is one very convincing way of performing the "Eroica" - but obviously not the only way. It is, if you like, an essential supplement (if that's not an oxymoron) to a fleeter, sharper, more "classical" approach such as Harnoncourt's - and in certain moods, I feel it's my preferred way.
I am not so thrilled by the two "Leonora" overtures; they are enjoyable, if less finely detailed accounts - but you buy this disc primarily for the inimitable Third. My four stars are a recognition of the fact that the sound is clean, slightly boxy mono, with a little distortion at the loudest points.
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