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CD-1252(5) KLEMPERER PLAYS BEETHOVEN: Symphonies (all) & selected overtures; Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer. Public performances – Vienna Festival, May/June 1960. CD 1: (1:17) Symphony No.1 in D, Op.21 (7.6.1960) & No.3 in Eb, Op.55 “Eroica” (29.5.1960). CD 2: (1:15) Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36 (29.5.1960) & No.7 in A, Op.92 (2.6.1960). CD 3: (1:18) Symphony No.4 in Bb, Op.60 (31.5.1960) & No.8 in F, Op.93 (4.6.1960); “Egmont” Overt. Op.84 (31.5.1960), “Prometheus” Overt. Op.43 (2.6.1960). CD 4: (1:19) Symphony No.5 in c, Op.67 (31.5.1960), No.6 in F major Op.68 “Pastorale” (2.6.1960). CD 5: (1:19) Symphony No.9 in d Op.125 with Wilma Lipp (Soprano) Ursula Boese, (Contralto) Fritz Wunderlich, (Tenor) Franz Crass, (Bs), Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien (7.6.1960) & “Coriolan” Overt. Op.62 (4.6.1960). Originally released 19.03.1996 on Music & Arts CD-886/890 (5 CDs), (deleted). Newly restored from the best surviving sources by Aaron Z. Snyder (2011), and with a new note by Colin Anderson. 5 CDs priced as 4. UPC # 0-17685-12522-5

BUZZ: Colin Anderson writes in his note: “An aura of greatness informs Klemperer’s conducting of Beethoven … Klemperer’s strong sense of structure ensures an unbroken line and a true sense of arrival. Also, Klemperer’s distrust of sound for its own sake (the antithesis to Karajan) gives his performances an unvarnished quality, an inner truthfulness. Beethoven’s music is presented as rough-hewn yet not without its own beauty, lyricism and consolation alongside its heroic and humanistic characteristics – all this can be heard in these recorded-live performances from Vienna.”

Disc 1 Sound Clips (MP3):

1. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21- 1. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio

2. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21- 2. Andante cantabile con moto

3. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21- 3. Menuetto- Allegro molto e vivace

4. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21- 4. Finale- Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace

6. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (‘Eroica’), Op. 55- 1. Allegro con brio

7. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (‘Eroica’), Op. 55- 2. Marcia funebre – Adagio assai

8. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (‘Eroica’), Op. 55- 3. Scherzo- Allegro vivace

9. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (‘Eroica’), Op. 55- 4. Finale- Allegro molto

Disc 2 Sound Clips (MP3):

1. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36- 1. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio

2. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36- 2. Larghetto

3. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36- 3. Scherzo- Allegro

4. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36- 4. Finale- Allegro molto

6. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92- 1. Poco sostenuto – Vivace

7. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92- 2. Allegretto

8. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92- 3. Presto

9. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92- 4. Allegro con brio

Disc 3 Sound Clips (MP3):

1. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60- 1. Adagio – Allegro vivace

2. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60- 2. Adagio

3. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60- 3. Allegro vivace

4. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60- 4. Allegro ma non troppo

6. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93- 1. Allegro vivace e con brio

7. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93- 2. Allegretto scherzando

8. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93- 3. Tempo di menuetto

9. Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93- 4. Finale- Allegro vivace

11. Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84- Ouverture

13. Die Gesch”pfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus), ballet, Op. 43- Ouverture

Disc 4 Sound Clips (MP3):

1. Symphony No. 5 in C minor (‘Fate’), Op. 67- 1. Allegro con brio

2. Symphony No. 5 in C minor (‘Fate’), Op. 67- 2. Andante con moto

3. Symphony No. 5 in C minor (‘Fate’), Op. 67- 3. Allegro

4. Symphony No. 5 in C minor (‘Fate’), Op. 67- 4. Allegro – Presto

6. Symphony No. 6 in F major (‘Pastoral’), Op. 68- 1. Allegro ma non troppo

7. Symphony No. 6 in F major (‘Pastoral’), Op. 68- 2. Andante molto mosso

8. Symphony No. 6 in F major (‘Pastoral’), Op. 68- 3. Allegro

9. Symphony No. 6 in F major (‘Pastoral’), Op. 68- 4. Allegro

10. Symphony No. 6 in F major (‘Pastoral’), Op. 68- 5. Allegretto

Disc 5 Sound Clips (MP3):

1. Symphony No. 9 in D minor (‘Choral’), Op. 125- 1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

2. Symphony No. 9 in D minor (‘Choral’), Op. 125- 2. Molto vivace

3. Symphony No. 9 in D minor (‘Choral’), Op. 125- 3. Adagio molto e cantabile

4. Symphony No. 9 in D minor (‘Choral’), Op. 125- 4. Finale- Presto

6. Coriolan Overture, Op. 62