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Sym 3/Leonore Ovts 1/2 (Mono) [Import]

Ludwig Van Beethoven (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
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1. Symphony No.3 In E Flat, Op.55 'Eroica': I: Allegro Con Brio
2. Symphony No.3 In E Flat, Op.55 'Eroica': II: Marcia Funebre (Adagio Assai)
3. Symphony No.3 In E Flat, Op.55 'Eroica': III: Scherzo (Allegro Vivace) & Trio
4. Symphony No.3 In E Flat, Op.55 'Eroica': IV: Finale (Allegro Molto/Poco Andante/Presto)
5. Overtures: 'Leonore' No.1, Op.138: 'Leonore' No.1, Op.138
6. Overtures: 'Leonore' No.2, Op.72: 'Leonore' No.2, Op.72

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5.0 out of 5 stars Leaves the Competition in the Dust Nov 11 2003
By Mr. Hasta Pasta
Format:Audio CD
Don't let the fact that this is a vintage mono recording from the 1950's scare you away from hearing it, because it's one of the most intelligent, dramatically well-tempered, profound and engaging performances of any work you're ever likely going to hear, and, though it is in mono, has great sound to boot. Anyone who loves classical music should be able to hear that this is the product of a genius conductor, one of the greatest who ever lived. It is also obviously the product of a total vision -- that is, of a conductor who, from the opening staccato chords, is already cognizant of the final major triad of the finale, along with all the music in between; who already knows how he's going to traverse the musical landscape; who has an orchestra that's great enough to follow him every step of the way; and who, finally, isn't so jadedly familiar with the terrain that he's closed himself off to fresh discoveries. Please pardon the extended metaphor, but Klemperer's Eroica really is quite an amazing journey!

Simply put, this humble mono recording from a different era is worth a boatload of later-recorded Eroicas.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stunner April 18 2003
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
This Eroica is a stunner. It hardly sounds like a mono recording, so good is the recording. It is a much better interpretation than the stereo which is slower. Here Klemperer is in his element. Tempi are well-judged and flows smoothly. You are magnetized from first to last and the performance never sags. Great recording indeed. This Eroica is on Grammophone's top 100 Classical List and I can say it deserves its reputation. The reviewer below must be extremely sensitive to sonics. I listen to a lot of both mono and stereo recordings because a lot of the mono are classics (unfortunately). I can say that this mono sound is the best mono you can possibly get. In fact, if you are listening on speakers (NOT WALKMAN HEADPHONES), you probably can't tell that it's mono - just a hint. If you listen on headphones it's more obvious but the mono is still far better than normal mono.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the truly great Eroics Oct 9 2002
By Robert Higgs
Format:Audio CD
This mono performance, recorded in 1955, is not the same one which was released in the Klemperer legacy series (that was a stereo performance, recorded in 1959), but it is far better as an interpretation. The first movement is magnificent and it sounds as though it was recorded in a complete take. The funeral march is a little too fast, and the principal oboe does not sound sad at all, but apart from that I am sure everything is as Beethoven would have wanted it. This is a very well known recording and it deserves special attention. It is a pity that Klemperer slowed down by the time the stereo performance was made, for he ruins the first movement, and therefore the whole symphony, by his plodding tempo. Yet amazingly the stereo recording gets all the acclaim. Avoid it and buy this mono performance.
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