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| 1. "Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944 ""The Great""" |
| 2. Andante. Allegro ma non troppo |
| 3. Andante con moto |
| 4. Scherzo. Allegro vivace |
| 5. Finale. Allegro vivace |
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This Ninth, originally issued with a companion Unfinished - also from Berlin - marked the renewal of Gunter Wand's on/off relationship with the Philharmonic: a cause for celebration. There is surely no more exciting Great C Major since Furtwangler and of course Wand's RCA DDD recording enjoys vastly superior sound to his godlike predecessor. Some of the playing on this disc is indescribably beautiful and unlike some highly regarded recordings on other labels, Wand's Schubert never drags, especially not in the finale. Applause is retained at the end, understandably. Worth any price. Wonderful.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This is a glorious recording of Schubert's Great C major symphony. I took it with me today on a walk in the winter countryside. The hedges were bare, the sky grey on the most depressing day in the year ( Jan 18th), or so it is reported, but I had great company and the glorious music in my ear made up for the dreary scenes around me. Up steep hill and along country roads, looking across bare, empty fields waiting for a new springtime, this glorious music thrilled me.
I have other recordings of this symphony - Jochum, Solti, Bolt, Beecham,Goodman, Krips, Szell, Menuhin, Abbado, Bohm, Davis - but this struck me today as glorious. I had often read about the primacy of the Berlin Philharmonic among the orchestras of the world, particularly in Von Karajan's time, and had wondered what all the adulation was about. However, today it sounded most beautiful to me. Every section of it and the whole orchestra played with great beauty, unity and purity, giving thrilling delight.
In his lifetime, the conductor Gunter Wand was slow to receive international recognition but now his reputation is assured as an outstanding conductor of the great German and Viennese masters. Here is the evidence of it. The sleeve note says that in later life he preferred to record music at live concerts and this is a live concert, with the audience's applause at the end, but there are no intrusive noises. Indeed it comes as a surprise at the end to hear the applause. He gathers you up and sweeps you along on a wave of glorious music, on and on it goes, gathering body like a wave as it goes along, to break at last in a glorious finale.
The recording is immediate, bright and clear yet with depth and a warm glow. A glorious recording at mid price. Don't miss it
I have other recordings of this symphony - Jochum, Solti, Bolt, Beecham,Goodman, Krips, Szell, Menuhin, Abbado, Bohm, Davis - but this struck me today as glorious. I had often read about the primacy of the Berlin Philharmonic among the orchestras of the world, particularly in Von Karajan's time, and had wondered what all the adulation was about. However, today it sounded most beautiful to me. Every section of it and the whole orchestra played with great beauty, unity and purity, giving thrilling delight.
In his lifetime, the conductor Gunter Wand was slow to receive international recognition but now his reputation is assured as an outstanding conductor of the great German and Viennese masters. Here is the evidence of it. The sleeve note says that in later life he preferred to record music at live concerts and this is a live concert, with the audience's applause at the end, but there are no intrusive noises. Indeed it comes as a surprise at the end to hear the applause. He gathers you up and sweeps you along on a wave of glorious music, on and on it goes, gathering body like a wave as it goes along, to break at last in a glorious finale.
The recording is immediate, bright and clear yet with depth and a warm glow. A glorious recording at mid price. Don't miss it
Format:Audio CD
I'm by nature a rock fan, but my collection also includes a few dozen classical discs, this being one of them. I bought this as an addition to my original recording, mainly because I was out the country and didn't bring my own copy with me.
I got this (a day earlier than suggested) and gave it a listen.
Now, I'm no expert. Really I am not.
But there is a definite, though subtle difference with this recording and, pardon me, but it rocks! It seems more.....bouncy, more alive, but then it was a live concert recording.
Bottom line? It's a beautiful, soul stirring piece. Buy it!
I got this (a day earlier than suggested) and gave it a listen.
Now, I'm no expert. Really I am not.
But there is a definite, though subtle difference with this recording and, pardon me, but it rocks! It seems more.....bouncy, more alive, but then it was a live concert recording.
Bottom line? It's a beautiful, soul stirring piece. Buy it!
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