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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 / Leonore Overtures Nos. 1 & 2

~ Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra), Otto Klemperer (Conductor)
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On this CD:
  1. Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica' in E flat
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    Conducted by Otto Klemperer

  2. Leonore
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    Conducted by Otto Klemperer

  3. Leonore
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    Conducted by Otto Klemperer

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Eroica Fantastica!, 12 Nov 2007
By Musica Vita (Birmingham, UK) - See all my reviews
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.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great, 18 Oct 2005
By Ganja Flaneur (The Land of Nod) - See all my reviews
This early recording of the Eroica is generally acknowledged to be the best Klemperer made. I love it. You would struggle not to. It blew minds at the time.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Magisterial Klemperer, 26 Jan 2009
By Ralph Moore (Bishop's Stortford, UK) - See all my reviews
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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.
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