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Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos»rank: 30686from: EMI Classics
0ur opinion: essential recording:0tto Klemperer's Beethoven is one of the towering achievements in the history of recordings. By today's standards, these performances are hopelessly old-fashioned: dark, heavy, and frequently very slow. But they are also the grandest, most unsentimental, most purposeful versions in the catalog. ln addition, the relatively slow tempos (only in the fast movements--the slow ones are pretty swift) and forward wind balance permit more detail to be heard than in most original-instrument ...
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Beethoven: Symphonie No. 9»rank: 152756from: Capitol
0ur opinion: essential recording:0tto Klemperer's Beethoven is one of the towering achievements in the history of recordings. By today's standards, these performances are hopelessly old-fashioned: dark, heavy, and frequently very slow. But they are also the grandest, most unsentimental, most purposeful versions in the catalog. ln addition, the relatively slow tempos (only in the fast movements--the slow ones are pretty swift) and forward wind balance permit more detail to be heard than in most original-instrument ...
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Klemperer Legacy - Beethoven: Symphony no. 9, Prometheus Overture / Ludwig, Hotter, Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, et al»rank: 192144by: Otto Klemperer, Aase Nordmo-Lovberg, Christa Ludwig, Waldemar Kmennt, Hans Hotter, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra
0ur opinion: :The Philharmonia 0rchestra was in superb form in the autumn of 1957 when the opportunity came for it to perform all nine Beethoven symphonies, plus the five piano concertos, in a series of 1O concerts at London's Royal Festival Hall under the baton of 0tto Klemperer. Credit for that certainly should go to Herbert von Karajan, who had been the orchestra's principal conductor since its founding a decade earlier, and had recently been tapped ...
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral'»rank: 244033from: Testament UK
0ur opinion: :The Philharmonia 0rchestra was in superb form in the autumn of 1957 when the opportunity came for it to perform all nine Beethoven symphonies, plus the five piano concertos, in a series of 1O concerts at London's Royal Festival Hall under the baton of 0tto Klemperer. Credit for that certainly should go to Herbert von Karajan, who had been the orchestra's principal conductor since its founding a decade earlier, and had recently been tapped ...
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana»rank: 898829from: Legato Classics
0ur opinion: :The Philharmonia 0rchestra was in superb form in the autumn of 1957 when the opportunity came for it to perform all nine Beethoven symphonies, plus the five piano concertos, in a series of 1O concerts at London's Royal Festival Hall under the baton of 0tto Klemperer. Credit for that certainly should go to Herbert von Karajan, who had been the orchestra's principal conductor since its founding a decade earlier, and had recently been tapped ...
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Beethoven: Fidelio»rank: 563583from: Melodram
0ur opinion: :The Philharmonia 0rchestra was in superb form in the autumn of 1957 when the opportunity came for it to perform all nine Beethoven symphonies, plus the five piano concertos, in a series of 1O concerts at London's Royal Festival Hall under the baton of 0tto Klemperer. Credit for that certainly should go to Herbert von Karajan, who had been the orchestra's principal conductor since its founding a decade earlier, and had recently been tapped ...
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Recital: Opera Arias and Songs»rank: 888816from: Verona
0ur opinion: :The Philharmonia 0rchestra was in superb form in the autumn of 1957 when the opportunity came for it to perform all nine Beethoven symphonies, plus the five piano concertos, in a series of 1O concerts at London's Royal Festival Hall under the baton of 0tto Klemperer. Credit for that certainly should go to Herbert von Karajan, who had been the orchestra's principal conductor since its founding a decade earlier, and had recently been tapped ...
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Wagner: Lohengrin»rank: 994169from: Melodram
0ur opinion: :The Philharmonia 0rchestra was in superb form in the autumn of 1957 when the opportunity came for it to perform all nine Beethoven symphonies, plus the five piano concertos, in a series of 1O concerts at London's Royal Festival Hall under the baton of 0tto Klemperer. Credit for that certainly should go to Herbert von Karajan, who had been the orchestra's principal conductor since its founding a decade earlier, and had recently been tapped ...
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Jussi Bjorling Performs Manon Lescaut, Cavalleria rusticana, Pagliacci»rank: 684139from: Bluebell Records
0ur opinion: :The Philharmonia 0rchestra was in superb form in the autumn of 1957 when the opportunity came for it to perform all nine Beethoven symphonies, plus the five piano concertos, in a series of 1O concerts at London's Royal Festival Hall under the baton of 0tto Klemperer. Credit for that certainly should go to Herbert von Karajan, who had been the orchestra's principal conductor since its founding a decade earlier, and had recently been tapped ...
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Richard Wagner: 15 Great Arias»rank: 818452from: Royal Opera Records
0ur opinion: :The Philharmonia 0rchestra was in superb form in the autumn of 1957 when the opportunity came for it to perform all nine Beethoven symphonies, plus the five piano concertos, in a series of 1O concerts at London's Royal Festival Hall under the baton of 0tto Klemperer. Credit for that certainly should go to Herbert von Karajan, who had been the orchestra's principal conductor since its founding a decade earlier, and had recently been tapped ...
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