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Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies [Box set]

~ Herbert von Karajan (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (4 Feb 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 5
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B000ZBPQF8
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,337 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc 1:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Symphony No. 1 in C Op. 21 (2008 Digital Remaster): I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brioPhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 7:31£1.89
Listen  2. Symphony No. 1 in C Op. 21 (2008 Digital Remaster): II. Andante cantabile con motoPhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 6:15£0.69
Listen  3. Symphony No. 1 in C Op. 21 (2008 Digital Remaster): III. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 3:44£0.69
Listen  4. Symphony No. 1 in C Op. 21 (2008 Digital Remaster): IV. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivacePhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 5:45£0.69
Listen  5. Symphony No. 3 in E flat 'Eroica' Op. 55 (2008 Digital Remaster): I. Allegro con brioPhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan14:37£2.89
Listen  6. Symphony No. 3 in E flat 'Eroica' Op. 55 (2008 Digital Remaster): II. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan16:28£2.89
Listen  7. Symphony No. 3 in E flat 'Eroica' Op. 55 (2008 Digital Remaster): III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 5:48£0.69
Listen  8. Symphony No. 3 in E flat 'Eroica' Op. 55 (2008 Digital Remaster): IV. Allegro molto - Poco andante - PrestoPhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan11:53£1.89


Disc 2:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Symphony No. 2 in D Op. 36 (2008 Digital Remaster): I. Adagio - Allegro con brioHerbert Von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra10:40£1.89
Listen  2. Symphony No. 2 in D Op. 36 (2008 Digital Remaster): II. LarghettoHerbert Von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra10:34£1.89
Listen  3. Symphony No. 2 in D Op. 36 (2008 Digital Remaster): III. Scherzo (Allegro)Herbert Von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra 3:42£0.69
Listen  4. Symphony No. 2 in D Op. 36 (2008 Digital Remaster): IV. Allegro moltoHerbert Von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra 6:33£0.69
Listen  5. Symphony No. 7 in A Op. 92 (2008 Digital Remaster): I. Poco sostenuto - VivacePhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan12:44£1.89
Listen  6. Symphony No. 7 in A Op. 92 (2008 Digital Remaster): II. AllegrettoPhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 9:08£1.89
Listen  7. Symphony No. 7 in A Op. 92 (2008 Digital Remaster): III. Presto - Assai meno prestoPhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 8:39£1.89
Listen  8. Symphony No. 7 in A Op. 92 (2008 Digital Remaster): IV. Allegro con brioPhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 7:04£1.89


Disc 3:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Symphony No. 4 in B flat Op. 60 (2008 Digital Remaster): I. Adagio - Allegro vivacePhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan10:56£1.89
Listen  2. Symphony No. 4 in B flat Op. 60 (2008 Digital Remaster): II. AdagioPhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan11:13£1.89
Listen  3. Symphony No. 4 in B flat Op. 60 (2008 Digital Remaster): III. Allegro vivace - Trio (Un poco meno allegro)Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 5:59£0.69
Listen  4. Symphony No. 4 in B flat Op. 60 (2008 Digital Remaster): IV. Allegro ma non troppoPhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 5:53£0.69
Listen  5. Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 (2008 Digital Remaster): I. Allegro con brioHerbert Von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra 7:18£1.89
Listen  6. Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 (2008 Digital Remaster): II. Andante con motoHerbert Von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra 9:43£1.89
Listen  7. Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 (2008 Digital Remaster): III. Allegro -Herbert Von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra 4:58£0.69
Listen  8. Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 (2008 Digital Remaster): IV. Allegro - PrestoHerbert Von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra 8:52£1.89
Listen  9. Coriolan - Overture Op. 62 (2008 Digital Remaster)Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 9:07£1.89


Disc 4:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Symphony No. 6 in F 'Pastoral' Op. 68 (2008 Digital Remaster): I. Allegro ma non troppo (Awakening of cheerful feelings on arriving in the country)Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 9:21£1.89
Listen  2. Symphony No. 6 in F 'Pastoral' Op. 68 (2008 Digital Remaster): II. Andante molto moto (Scene by the brook)Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan12:09£1.89
Listen  3. Symphony No. 6 in F 'Pastoral' Op. 68 (2008 Digital Remaster): III. Allegro (Merry gathering of the country folk) -Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 3:02£0.69
Listen  4. Symphony No. 6 in F 'Pastoral' Op. 68 (2008 Digital Remaster): IV. Allegro (Storm and tempest) -Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 3:33£0.69
Listen  5. Symphony No. 6 in F 'Pastoral' Op. 68 (2008 Digital Remaster): V. Allegretto (Shepherds' Song. Happy and thankful feelings after the storm)Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 9:25£1.89
Listen  6. Symphony No. 8 in F Op. 93 (2008 Digital Remaster): I. Allegro vivace e con brioPhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 9:05£1.89
Listen  7. Symphony No. 8 in F Op. 93 (2008 Digital Remaster): II. Allegretto scherzandoPhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 3:55£0.69
Listen  8. Symphony No. 8 in F Op. 93 (2008 Digital Remaster): III. Tempo di menuettoPhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 5:49£0.69
Listen  9. Symphony No. 8 in F Op. 93 (2008 Digital Remaster): IV. Allegro vivacePhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 7:39£1.89
Listen10. Egmont Op. 84 (2008 Digital Remaster): OverturePhilharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Von Karajan 8:36£1.89


Disc 5:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral' Op. 125 (2008 Digital Remaster): I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestosoHerbert von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Marga Höffgen/Ernst Haefliger/Otto Edelmann15:08£2.89
Listen  2. Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral' Op. 125 (2008 Digital Remaster): II. Molto vivace - Presto - Molto vivace - PrestoHerbert von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Marga Höffgen/Ernst Haefliger/Otto Edelmann10:08£1.89
Listen  3. Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral' Op. 125 (2008 Digital Remaster): III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderatoHerbert von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Marga Höffgen/Ernst Haefliger/Otto Edelmann16:04£2.89
Listen  4. Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral' Op. 125 (2008 Digital Remaster): IV. Presto - Allegro ma non troppo - Allegro assai - Allegro assai vivace - Alla marcia - Andante maestoso - Allegro energico, semprHerbert von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Marga Höffgen/Ernst Haefliger/Otto Edelmann24:10£3.79

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Karajan's Finest Beethoven Set, 5 Feb 2009
By PhilsterNo1 (England) - See all my reviews
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After many years of both Beethoven and Karajan, I have come full circle and must now insist to the casual reader that this particular cycle is HvK's best Beethoven offering. These mono recordings, made in the excellent Kingsway Hall, are more personable and more successful in conveying Karajan's stated aim - a blend of Toscanini's precision and Furtwangler's fantasy. The Philharmonia were a brand new orchestra, not created for karajan as such, but it probably felt that way.

For me, the celebrated 1962 set with the BPO is Karajan with his Toscanini hat on: too fast, too brilliant, too soulless. The 1977 box restores the depth and heart to Karajan's Beethoven, but now the overall sound picture begins to bother me. The strings are too dominant and the timps too...well...tea-tray like. Don't get me wrong, it's a great cycle but the Philharmonia sessions are a joy from start to finish.

So what if it's mostly mono? This was the high noon of mono, Karajan had a great recording team and believe-you-me, people more interested in technology than music are already calling DDD stereo 'old' and starting to drool over Blu-Ray audio or whatever. No, remastered mono can be as satisfying as any incarnation of stereo, and at this price, why hesitate. These days, it's becoming harder and harder to find a set where all nine symphonies are done superbly. EMI's latest reissue is timely and really a must have, if only to compliment your latest fashionable conductor's Beethoven (be it Zinman, Abbado, Rattle, etc).
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Something of the Wunderkind, 21 Feb 2009
By R. Wiley (Leeds, UK) - See all my reviews
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I admire many of Karajan's recordings some of which are truly great but not, as a rule, his Beethoven. This is mainly because of his later stereo recordings, the last of which in the 1980s was frankly a mistake which did him no favours. This set is something different. There is still the freshness that was so admired in the 1940s and one feels a sense of greatness at times. I too return to these recordings if I wish to listen to his Beethoven, by far the most satisfying of the 4 cycles. But, if you are looking for truly great Beethoven and don't mind mono or ADD etc I would say go for a mixture of Erich Kleiber and son Carlos the mono Klemperer and Furtwangler, not forgetting Weingartner of course. I'm sorry to say the more modern accounts leave me a bit cold, too "fashion" conscious for me and not getting to the heart of the music. If you don't have a complete cycle and are looking for one, this is strongly recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant but mono, of course, 13 Feb 2009
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Value for money because of the excellence of Karajan and BSO but mono doesn't compare to today's quality of sound recording.
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